EU Court Of Justice, Section 8, verdict of October 6th 2022, n°436/21
Article 2, letter h) of the Regulation (CE) n° 261/2004, released by both EU Parliament and EU Council on February 11th 2004, should be meant as “flight connection“, an operation of transport made by many flights realized by different carriers not linked by a specific contractual burden where it should be effective if these flights were booked by a travel agency thath invoiced a total price. Moreover, this sould be valid if it is released a single ticket from the above-mentioned operation. Therefore, a passenger who is departing from an airport of an EU Memeber State, perhaps victim of a prolonged delay, has the right to receive compensation according to article 7 of the EU Regulation n° 261/2004.