Originally Posted by
craigthemif
Even though this isn't exactly what you asked...
I understand that EC261 no longer covers you when you are travelling on an EU airline but your itinerary departs from a non-EU country and arrives to a different non-EU country, with only the connecting point being in the EU.
You would only be covered under UK261 if you flew on a UK airline. Since BA handled the last two flights, you might get lucky claiming in MCOL against them. (even though realistically the delay is IB's fault)
Yet another Brexit own goal...
Not sure about that, but it's largely a moot point as UK261 would apply even if EU261 didn't. When EU261 was amended and retained to become UK261,
Article 3(1)(b) on scope was changed to read:
This Regulation shall apply:
...
(b) to passengers departing from an airport located in a country other than the United Kingdom to an airport situated in—
(i)the United Kingdom if the operating air carrier of the flight concerned is a Community carrier or a UK air carrier; or
(ii) the territory of a Member State to which the Treaty applies if the operating air carrier of the flight concerned is a UK air carrier,
So UK261 covers EU carriers as well as UK ones, on journeys to the UK.