More and more lawsuits against airlines are landing in courts at the locations of the 20 largest German airports. Cologne District Court had the highest volume, according to a survey by the “Deutsche Richterzeitung” The Association of Judges sees portals with which passengers can assert their claims quickly and easily as a key reason for the development in the courts.
“Many district courts are groaning under a new wave of passenger cases,” said Federal Managing Director Sven Rebehn of the German Press Agency.