Originally Posted by
craigthemif
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....
what gave you that (mistaken) impression??
And to the op, IB is very much the airline responsible here. Who ticketed is wholly irrelevant but they caused your delay (and it is counted based on your full itinerary)