Rosen v easyJet Airline Company Ltd – Croydon County Court (District Judge Major) – 5 January 2012

Carriage of passengers by air – European Law – Flight from Portugal to London cancelled following eruption of Icelandic volcano – Airline offering claimant alternative flight but claimant electing to return home by hired car – Whether claimant entitled to compensation or relief under EU Regulation 261/2004

The claimant and his party were booked with the defendant airline to fly back to London from Faro, Portugal on 16 April 2010. However, the flight had to be cancelled due to the closure of British airspace following the eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull.