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Old Oct 13, 2016 | 12:42 pm
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Originally Posted by Wpgjetse
This happened in the US. Therefor, it would fall under US laws.
Why? EU 261 covers EU carriers operating flights bound for the EU. No reason a Canadian passenger bill of rights bill couldn't do the same, in which case AC would be subject to that in the case of the story shared by the OP.
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