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WZ v Austrian Airlines AG (C-826/19)
Consideration of the questions referred
The sixth question
61

WZ v Austrian Airlines AG (C-826/19)

Judgment of 22 Apr 2021law://eu/cjeu/2019/c-826-19/para_61@2026-11-12

61However, it is settled case-law that the provisions conferring rights on air passengers must be interpreted broadly (judgment of 19 November 2009, Sturgeon and Others, C‑402/07 and C‑432/07, EU:C:2009:716, paragraph 45).

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

Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · Fourth Chamber
Case: C-826/19 · ECLI:EU:C:2021:318
Decided: 22 Apr 2021
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Landesgericht Korneuburg (Regional Court, Korneubourg, Austria)
Applicant: WZ
Defendant: Austrian Airlines AG
Rapporteur: D. Šváby
Advocate General: P. Pikamäe
Bench: 5 judges
M. Vilaras, N. Piçarra, D. Šváby, S. Rodin, K. Jürimäe
Language: German
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62019CJ0826

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Compensation and assistance to passengers

History · 1 version

22 Apr 2021Reading

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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 12: Cobult UG v TAP Air Portugal SA (C-76/23); NI and HZ v European Air Charter AG (T-656/24); D S.A. v P S.A (T-134/25); Siegfried PharmaChemikalien Minden GmbH v Hauptzollamt Bielefeld (C-617/24); NW and YS v Qatar Airways (C-516/23); WY v Laudamotion GmbH and Ryanair DAC (C-54/23); Austrian Airlines AG v TW (C-49/22); 'Balgarska telekomunikatsionna kompania' EAD v Direktor na Direktsia 'Obzhalvane i danachno-osiguritelna praktika' - Sofia (C-127/22); PV v Zamestnik izpalnitelen direktor na Darzhaven fond 'Zemedelie' (C-343/21); Airhelp Limited v Laudamotion GmbH (C-263/20)2 provisions; AD and Others v Corendon Airlines and Others (C-146/20)2 provisions; Pro Rauchfrei eV v JS e.K (C-370/20)
Cites 14: 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; Emeka Nelson and Others v Deutsche Lufthansa AG and TUI Travel plc and Others v Civil Aviation Authority (C-581/10, C-629/10); Aurora Sousa Rodríguez and Others v Air France SA (C-83/10); 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); Germanwings GmbH v Ronny Henning (C-452/13); Friederike Wallentin-Hermann v Alitalia - Linee Aeree Italiane SpA (C-549/07); Steef Mennens v Emirates Direktion für Deutschland (C-255/15); Denise McDonagh v Ryanair Ltd (C-12/11); LE v Transportes Aéreos Portugueses SA (C-74/19); Emirates Airlines - Direktion für Deutschland v Diether Schenkel (C-173/07); WZ v Austrian Airlines AG (C-826/19); FP Passenger Service v Austrian Airlines AG (C-654/19); Air France v Heinz-Gerke Folkerts and Luz-Tereza Folkerts (C-11/11)