Originally Posted by
s115
It was a Qatar airways PNR. DOH > CPH on Qatar, CPH > KEF on SAS.
Qatar Airways isn't an EU airline so EU 261 wouldn't seem to cover that leg, so aren't you supposed to use the CPH-KEF distance instead of the DOH-KEF distance?
For a trip from outside the EEA to the EEA on non-EEA carrier, isn't the starting point the first EU layover airport?