Paris Court of Appeal affirms invalid seizure of ECAir’s Boeing 757

In a ruling dated 25 June 2015, the Paris Court of Appeal upheld the judgment of the Bobigny Court of First Instance, issued on 22 April, which established that the seizure on 11 April of the B757-200 belonging to ECAir was illegal. On 11 April 2015, an aircraft with registration HB-JJE belonging to ECAir was seized at Roissy Charles de Gaulle Airport. This seizure had been deemed manifestly illegal by ECAir given that it was based on a judgment against third parties, none of which was ECAir, and the amount awarded under the judgment was in any case not owed