Air Arabia Maroc ordered to pay €9,100 in nine French court cases
Air Arabia Maroc must pay €9,100 in nine cases heard on September 2, 2026, in Villeurbanne. Thirteen passengers have been awarded compensation for flights that arrived more than three hours late.
The nine rulings were issued by the Villeurbanne local court, which is part of the Lyon judicial court. They concern separate claims. The decisions reviewed award passengers a total of €5,050 in compensation and €4,050 for their legal costs.
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In one of the rulings, three members of the same family were awarded €1,200 in compensation. Two other cases each resulted in awards of €800 for two passengers. In each case, the court also awarded €450 in legal costs.
The six remaining cases involved individual passengers: five were awarded €400, while the last received €250 for a shorter journey. Each was also awarded an additional €450 in costs.
The airline did not present a defense
Air Arabia Maroc had been summoned but was neither present nor represented at the hearings. The judge nevertheless examined the claims: the defendant’s absence does not remove the need to verify that they are well-founded.
The passengers had provided their bookings or boarding passes. The airline, for its part, submitted no evidence to dispute the alleged delays and did not demonstrate any extraordinary circumstances that could exempt it from liability, as noted in particular in a ruling concerning a journey of 1,747 kilometers.
The court applied European Regulation 261/2004 because the flights in question departed from an airport in the European Union. Compensation depends on distance: €400 for journeys between 1,500 and 3,500 kilometers, compared with €250 in the case involving another flight.
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However, the passengers did not receive all the amounts they had sought. The court rejected additional claims for “abusive resistance,” finding that malice or bad faith had not been sufficiently established. Air Arabia Maroc must also pay the court costs, in addition to the €9,100 awarded.
