Originally Posted by
UKtravelbear
The statutory duty of care on a flight of that length kicks in after 4 hours.
it is also difficult to provide when there are creeping delays and there is a specific exemption from providing care if doing to could further extend the delay.
For future reference there is an EU261 thread on the AA board
GUIDE: EC261 / EC 261/2004 “EU” complaints, compensation and AA
I was more curious about whether it attaches to a non-EU airline on a non-EU sector of an EU origin journey... Largely academic now, as we are standing by on a flight in less than five hours so little chance of a hotel being useful, but I am still curious.