Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: Euopean Union' Court of Justice

Date: 04/30/2020

Subject: The Court affirmed that a passenger’s denied boarding on the ground that he presented allegedly inadequate travel documentation does not, in itself, deprive the passenger from protection under the Regulation on compensation and assistance to air passengers. In the event of challenge by that passenger, it is for the competent court to assess whether his denied boarding was reasonably justified or not

Parties: Blue Air-Airline Management Solutions

Classification: Citizens’ rights - Art. 45 Freedom of residence

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