That certain companies, including Ryanair, had decided to incorporate into their general terms and conditions of sale, a clause prohibiting passengers to assert their rights through third parties.

In a decision of 13 May 2019, the former District Court Tribunal d’instance of Ivry sur Seine ruled that the lightning strike of an aircraft, which occurred the day before the flight, was not of such an extraordinary nature as to exonerate the airline from its obligation to pay compensation.

Nice victory of our law firm in front of the former Tribunal d’Instance of Paris: After months of pedagogy and legal battle, a first jurisdiction in France has just recognized the right of children under the age of 2 to be entitled to compensation under the European Regulation 261/2004.