The UK High Court suspended U.K. courts from hearing any more compensation cases for delays against airlines. It has ordered the suspension while it asks the European Court of Justice to review the November 2009 ruling (joint cases C-402/07 – Sturgeon v. Condor and C-432/07 Böck, Lepuschitz v. Air France) extending the claim for compensation as provided in Reg. 261/2004/EC to passengers facing (long) delays. The controversial ECJ judgement strengthened the entitlements of passengers but has outraged airlines.Airlines have argued the ECJ decision was a misinterpretation of the original legislation and the U.K. High Court suspended further judgments after considering legal representation from, among others, British Airways, EasyJet and the International Air Transport Association.
