Cases from other jurisdictions
Other cases description hereAFS Intercultural Programs Finland v Kuluttajavirasto ECJ 237/97
ECJ case on the interpretation of the definition of ‘Package’ in the EC Package Travel Directive
Blodel-Pawlik v HanseMerkur Reiseversicherung AG ECJ Case 134/11
This case interprets Art. 7 of the Package Travel Directive 1990 as applying in situations even where the tour operator has become insolvent due to its own fraudulent conduct.
Eglitis and Ratnieks v Latvijas Republikas Ekonomikas ministrija ECJ Case C 294/10
This is a case brought under Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 establishing common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights. It discusses what amounts to the taking of all reasonable measures to prevent the cancellation of a flight.
Pammer v Reederei Karl Schlüter; Hotel Alpenhof v Oliver Heller. ECJ Cases C-585/08 & C-144/09
This judgment discusses two travel cases where contracts were entered into by consumers with companies in a different EU member state by means of the internet. It answers the question of how to decide whether the companies ‘directed’ their activites at another member state and whether or not Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters applied. It also decided whether a voyage on a freighter from Trieste to the Far East constituted a ‘package’ as defined in the Package Travel Directive.
Pellegrini v Landmark Travel Group, New York, 1995
This case discusses in some detail the relationship between traveller and travel agent
Rechberger and Others v Republic of Austria ECJ Case C-140/97
ECJ case on the scope of the Package Travel Directive (90/314/EEC) and on what counts as proper transposition.
Rehder v Air Baltic Corporation ECJ Case C-204/08
This case discusses the rules in Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters and how they apply in cases involving the cancellation of flights under 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
Sturgeon v Condor; Bock v Air France ECJ Cases C-402/07 & C-432/07
European Court of Justice case on the interpretation of Regulation 261/2004 on Denied Boarding, Cancellations and Long Delays.
Verein für Konsumenteninformation v Österreichische Kreditversicherungs AG ECJ Case C-364/96
ECJ case on the interpretation of the Package Travel Directive (90/314/EEC) and in particular how the insolvency rules apply.
Wallentin-Hermann v Alitalia ECJ Case C-549/07
European Court of Justice case on the interpretation of Regulation 261/2004 on Denied Boarding, Cancellations and Long Delays, in particular the meaning of ‘extraordinary circumstances’ in relation to technical problems.
