Originally Posted by
Often1
To my reading, the ECJ has implicitly held to the contrary. This was a single ticket, whether a connection was involved or not. The sole questions are:
1. The operating carrier.
2. Whether they delay at the final ticketed destination exceeded a given time limit for the Type of flight.
3, Whether that delay was the product of "extraordinary circumstances"
The operating carrier was LX and the delay at the final ticketed destination exceeded 3 hours. The final factor is open.
Yet, if we take a look at the delays caused - initial arrival was supposed to be 14:40, cancellation of this flight led to a reschedule to arrive at 21:50. This delay is caused by LX.
But then the missed connection and arrival next morning was a delay with a separate cause, caused by LH with a completely different reason.
Courts held, that in case of compound delays caused by multiple reasons, each of them must be excepted from compensation to deny compensation for the entire trip. Which means essentially that the answer to your third point must look at both reasons.