EUclaim wins court case! Martinair pays €84,600 to passengers
The flight would depart from Amsterdam Schiphol to Aruba and Curaçao. 2 hours before take-off technicians discovered a technical problem. The flight did not depart until the next day. According to Martinair a technical defect is an extraordinary circumstance. However, the judge did not agree. It is the airline’s own responsibility to make sure the airplane is in order.
According to the Regulation, this is a classic case were an airline has to pay financial compensation for loss of time. The airline has to pay, unless they really could not have prevented the delay. A technical defect is not extraordinary.
We would like to congratulate the 141 passengers with this amazing news!