Knock-on delays due to weather and compensation
I understand that airlines have to pay compensation when a flight is delayed by more than 2 hours, but that they can avoid it if the disruption is caused by the weather. My question is what happens if that has a knock-on effect on operations during the rest of the day.
To give an example, this morning's Aer Lingus flight from Cork to Amsterdam has a delay of slightly over 3 hours because of weather conditions in Amsterdam. That means that passengers on the midday flight from Cork to Paris are likely to suffer a delay of over 2 hours. Would the Paris passengers be able to claim compensation or can Aer Lingus claim that this delay was also due to weather conditions?