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Court of Justice of the European Union

PRESS RELEASE No 37/20

Luxembourg, 26 March 2020
Judgment in Case C-215/18 Libuše Králová v Primera Air Scandinavia A/S
 
A passenger who reserved his or her flight through a travel agency may bring an action for compensation for a long flight delay against the air carrier before the courts of the place of departure of the flight
 

Notwithstanding the absence of a contract between that passenger and the carrier, such an action comes within ‘matters relating to a contract’ within the meaning of the regulation on jurisdiction, with the result that it may be brought before the courts of the place of supply of the air carriage service