Originally Posted by
WorldLux
OP is quite clear on his itinerary being PNH-DOH-CDG being operated by QR. The exact itinerary would be PNH-SGN-DOH-CDG and since all none of those flights depart in the EU or are operated by an EU airline to a destination within the EU, EU air passenger rights are inapplicable. And I don't think that there's any other law out there that is as comprehensive as 261/04.
Yes, that's exactly my point: OP is not eligible for EC261 compensation, which is not the same as saying that EC261 compensation only applies on flights from the EU. I'm sure that this is what the person I was quoting already knew and had in mind but the phrasing could be badly misunderstood by future readers. We always encourage people to do a search before posting a question that may have been discussed before and many people (myself included!) do it, so other posters might be bumping into this thread by chance in several weeks or months and it is important that they know where they stand,