Judgment_paragraph 37 · The Queen, on the application of International Air Transport Association and European Low Fares Airline Association v Department for Transport (C-344/04)

37Article 6 of Regulation No 261/2004 provides that, in the event of a long delay to a flight, the operating air carrier must offer to assist and take care of the passengers concerned. It does not provide that the carrier may escape such obligations in the event of extraordinary circumstances which could not have been avoided even if all reasonable measures had been taken.