EU court: no compensation traveler for repatriation flight during corona crisis

That couple was in Mauritius when the European borders had been closed, canceling the return flight that they had booked. As a substitute, they needed to guide seats on a repatriation flight organized by the Austrian authorities. That price them 500 euros per particular person and the flight was operated by the identical airline (Austrian Airways) as their authentic return flight.

The couple subsequently argued that that they had paid twice for the return flight and wished their 1,000 euros for the repatriation flight again from the airline. However a repatriation flight isn’t a industrial flight, judged the judges. The principles that apply to compensation by airways subsequently don’t apply on this case.

The Austrian couple can go to courtroom in their very own nation to request compensation for the canceled authentic flight house, in line with the European judges. That flight was a industrial flight.