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Aurora Sousa Rodríguez and Others v Air France SA (C-83/10)
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Consideration of the questions referred
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44

Aurora Sousa Rodríguez and Others v Air France SA (C-83/10)

Judgment of 13 Oct 2011law://eu/cjeu/2010/c-83-10/para_44@2026-11-11

44However, when a carrier fails to fulfil its obligations under Article 8 and Article 9 of Regulation No 261/2004, air passengers are justified in claiming a right to compensation on the basis of the factors set out in those articles.

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

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Court: Court of Justice · Third Chamber
Case: C-83/10 · ECLI:EU:C:2011:652
Decided: 13 Oct 2011
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Juzgado de lo Mercantil no 1 de Pontevedra (Spain)
Applicants: Aurora Sousa Rodríguez; Yago López Sousa and 5 more
Rodrigo Manuel Puga Lueiro; Luis Ángel Rodríguez González; María del Mar Pato Barreiro; Manuel López Alonso; Yaiza Pato Rodríguez
Defendant: Air France SA
Rapporteur: J. Malenovský
Advocate General: E. Sharpston
Bench: 5 judges
K. Lenaerts, J. Malenovský, R. Silva de Lapuerta, E. Juhász, D. Šváby
Language: Spanish
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62010CJ0083

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Compensation and assistance to passengers

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Interprets 1: Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 establishing common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights, and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 295/91 (Text with EEA relevance) - Commission Statement
Cited by 11: Emeka Nelson and Others v Deutsche Lufthansa AG and TUI Travel plc and Others v Civil Aviation Authority (C-581/10, C-629/10)2 provisions; Adriano Guaitoli and Others v easyJet Airline Co. Ltd (C-213/18); Austrian Airlines AG v TW (C-49/22); AD and Others v Corendon Airlines and Others (C-146/20); Airhelp Limited v Laudamotion GmbH (C-263/20); WZ v Austrian Airlines AG (C-826/19)2 provisions; NM, acting as liquidator of de NIKI Luftfahrt GmbH v ON (C-530/19)2 provisions; Wolfgang Wirth and Others v Thomson Airways Ltd (C-532/17); Steef Mennens v Emirates Direktion für Deutschland (C-255/15); K. Ruijssenaars and Others v Staatssecretaris van Infrastructuur en Milieu (C-145/15, C-146/15)2 provisions; Denise McDonagh v Ryanair Ltd (C-12/11)2 provisions
Cites 6: Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 establishing common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights, and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 295/91 (Text with EEA relevance) - Commission Statement; Axel Walz v Clickair SA (C-63/09); Christopher Sturgeon, Gabriel Sturgeon and Alana Sturgeon v Condor Flugdienst GmbH and Stefan Böck and Cornelia Lepuschitz v Air France SA (C-402/07); The Queen, on the application of International Air Transport Association and European Low Fares Airline Association v Department for Transport (C-344/04); Council Regulation (EC) No 2027/97 of 9 October 1997 on air carrier liability in the event of accidents; Emirates Airlines - Direktion für Deutschland v Diether Schenkel (C-173/07)