Index
All guides
Everything on the site, grouped. Start with the rules if you want the background, or jump to the situation that matches your flight.
Quick answer
Everything on the site, grouped. Start with the rules if you want the background, or jump to the situation that matches your flight.
- Main rule
- EU261 (EC 261/2004)
- Potential compensation
- €250–€600 per passenger
- Delay threshold
- Usually 3+ hours at final destination
- Coverage
- EU/EEA departures and qualifying arrivals
The basics
What happened to your flight
Rules by region
Claiming country by country
Costs and alternatives
By airline
- Ryanair compensation
- easyJet compensation
- Lufthansa compensation
- Wizz Air compensation
- Vueling compensation
- Iberia compensation
- British Airways compensation
- Air France compensation
- KLM compensation
- Eurowings compensation
- TAP Air Portugal compensation
- ITA Airways compensation
- SAS compensation
- Norwegian compensation
- Turkish Airlines compensation
By airport
- Flight delay compensation at Amsterdam Schiphol
- Flight delay compensation at London Heathrow
- Flight delay compensation at Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Flight delay compensation at Frankfurt Airport
- Flight delay compensation at Barcelona El Prat
- Flight delay compensation at Madrid Barajas
- Flight delay compensation at Rome Fiumicino
- Flight delay compensation at Dublin Airport
Primary sources
Official guidance and legislation used to review this page.
- Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 — EUR-Lex
- Air passenger rights in the EU — European Commission