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Air France v Heinz-Gerke Folkerts and Luz-Tereza Folkerts (C-11/11)
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Air France v Heinz-Gerke Folkerts and Luz-Tereza Folkerts (C-11/11)

Judgment of 26 Feb 2013law://eu/cjeu/2011/c-11-11/para_34@2026-11-10

34The concept of ‘final destination’ is defined in Article 2(h) of Regulation No 261/2004 as being the destination on the ticket presented at the check-in counter or, in the case of directly connecting flights, the destination of the last flight.

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

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Court: Court of Justice · Grand Chamber
Case: C-11/11 · ECLI:EU:C:2013:106
Decided: 26 Feb 2013
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany)
Applicant: Air France SA
Defendants: Heinz-Gerke Folkerts; Luz-Tereza Folkerts
Rapporteur: J. Malenovský
Advocate General: Y. Bot
Bench: 15 judges
V. Skouris, K. Lenaerts, A. Tizzano, R. Silva de Lapuerta, M. Ilešič, J. Malenovský, M. Berger, E. Jarašiūnas, E. Juhász, A. Borg Barthet, U. Lõhmus, A. Prechal, C. G. Fernlund, J. L. da Cruz Vilaça, C. Vajda
Language: German
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62011CJ0011

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Compensation and assistance to passengers

History · 1 version

26 Feb 2013Reading

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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 14: Regulation (EU) 2026/2202; Laudamotion GmbH v Flightright GmbH (C-474/22); WY v Laudamotion GmbH and Ryanair DAC (C-54/23); flightright GmbH v American Airlines, Inc (C-436/21)2 provisions; Airhelp Limited v Austrian Airlines AG (C-451/20); AD and Others v Corendon Airlines and Others (C-146/20)2 provisions; WZ v Austrian Airlines AG (C-826/19); OI v Air Nostrum Líneas Aéreas del Mediterráneo SA (C-191/19)2 provisions; CS and Others v České aerolinie a.s (C-502/18)2 provisions; Claudia Wegener v Royal Air Maroc SA (C-537/17)2 provisions; Birgit Bossen and Others v Brussels Airlines SA/NV (C-559/16); Cartiera dell’Adda SpA v CEM Ambiente SpA (C-42/13); Traum EOOD v Direktor na Direktsia ‘Obzhalvane i danachno-osiguritelna praktika’ Varna pri Tsentralno upravlenie na Natsionalnata agentsia za prihodite (C-492/13); Germanwings GmbH v Ronny Henning (C-452/13)
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); Emeka Nelson and Others v Deutsche Lufthansa AG and TUI Travel plc and Others v Civil Aviation Authority (C-581/10, C-629/10); 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); Friederike Wallentin-Hermann v Alitalia - Linee Aeree Italiane SpA (C-549/07)