On 11 November 2021, the Court of Justice ruled in the air cargo case between the Dutch litigation vehicles Stichting Cartel Compensation and Equilib Netherlands B.V. v. British Airways, KLM, Lufthansa and a group of other airlines.[1] It answered the questions referred to it for a preliminary ruling by the District Court of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, as to whether national courts could also rule on claims relating to flights dating from before 1 May 2004 between the EU and outside countries; flights dating from before 19 May 2005 between Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway and outside countries and flights dating from before 1 June 2002 between the EU and Switzerland. The Court of Justice answered in the affirmative. National courts may also rule on older claims.

[1] CJEU 11 November 2021, case C-819/19 (Stichting Cartel Compensation and Equilib/KLM and others).