Originally Posted by
Ldnn1
Firstly, it's really not that clear. Secondly, the courts haven't exactly shied away from tortuous interpretations of the regulation to find in favour of the consumer on points like these.
Personally if I were in this situation I wouldn't have much hesitation about taking the argument to court. That's of course assuming there isn't case law on the point already, which I haven't checked.
It would be an interesting case. BA would inevitably (perhaps not unreasonably) take the narrow argument that SIN-SYD is outside the scope of EC261.
The passenger might however argue that they had paid for a trip from LHR-SYD on one ticket which was delayed by failure of BA equipment and who knows the courts might back the consumer.
With €600 at stake it might be worth a punt, or at least a call to Bott & Co.