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Old Feb 25, 2014 | 12:04 am
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Originally Posted by MDT86
I don't think I am entitled to double compensation actually, just asking to be 100% sure.
The reason could be that 2 flights were delayed. I am not sure if the compensation refers to the trip or to the flight.
Not the second flight:

http://www.dlapipercentralcms.com/ex..._EU.pdf#page=3

Schenkel was cited in the High Court case and second key authority of Sanghvi v Cathay Pacific Airways ("Sanghvi"). This case concerned a passenger flying from London to Sydney via Hong Kong with a non-EU carrier. The passenger arrived late at Hong Kong thereby missing his connecting flight to Sydney and subsequently brought a claim for €600 compensation under the Regulation. It was the carrier's case that the Regulation was not applicable, as it is concerned only with passengers departing from an EU airport, but the delay in question resulted from a late departure from Hong Kong and not from the EU. In contrast, the Claimant submitted that the flights were not divisible and the Regulation applied because the journey had commenced in the UK. In finding for the carrier, and denying the Claimant compensation, Mrs Justice Proudman reiterated that the Regulation is only concerned with the individual flight components of any journey. Were it otherwise, a round-the-world ticket with various stopovers would fall within the scope of the Regulation.
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