Blanche v Easy Jet Airline Co Ltd

摘要

The appellant was booked to travel on a flight from Brussels to London Gatwick on 10 October 2014, scheduled to depart from Brussels at 17.45 and to arrive at London Gatwick at 18.55. The flight actually departed at 23.45 and arrived at 00.37, 5 hours and 42 minutes late. The aircraft had been scheduled to fly from London Gatwick to Brussels at 16.10. However, that afternoon there were thunderstorms east of Gatwick and Gatwick Air Traffic Control (ATC) suspended all eastbound departures. Gatwick ATC did not give permission for the flight to depart to Brussels until 21.40. The evidence was that the decision by Gatwick ATC to suspend eastbound flights affected at least 24 flights.