Originally Posted by
irishguy28
I've done that above. The original EU261/2004 makes no specific provision for connecting passengers.
Correction: the Regulation does not EXPLICITLY detail what happens when an initial delay results in a more substantial delay at arrival due to a missed connection.
This is not the same as not making provision at all for connecting passengers. In effect, what we have is a lack of clarity in the Regulation as to what happens in that situation. It seems to me that it would be misleading to peremptorily assert that no compensation arise in this situation.
FWIW, and in the light of the line of reasoning followed by the ECJ in
Sturgeon, it seems to me that the case for compensation arising is very substantially greater than that against it.