Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Düsseldorf (Germany) lodged on 11 November 2020 — NT, RV, BS, ER v British Airways plc

(Case C-592/20)

(2021/C 228/15)

Language of the case: German

Referring court

Landgericht Düsseldorf

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicants: NT, RV, BS, ER

Defendant: British Airways plc

The Court of Justice (Ninth Chamber) held, by order of 22 April 2021, that Article 2(b) and Article 7(1) of Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 establishing common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights, and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 295/91 (1) are to be interpreted as meaning that, in the context of connecting flights, comprised of two legs of a journey and booked under a single reservation, a passenger who suffers a delay in reaching his or her destination of 3 hours or more, the cause of that delay arising in the cancellation of the second leg, which ought to have been operated by an operating air carrier other than the one with whom the passenger has a contract of carriage, may bring an action for compensation pursuant to Article 7(1) of that regulation against the former air carrier and require it to pay the amount of compensation provided for in that provision according to the total distance of the journey, including its connecting flight, from the first point of departure until the final destination of the second leg.

(1)  OJ 2004 L 46, p. 1.