Majority of the people would have experienced flight delays atleast once in their life. They are annoying and can disrupt your schedule, plans and may even cause losses. A lot of you might not know that if you are a citizen of EU, then you are entitled to compensation from the airline for the delay.
Based on the above factors, the claim amount is decided. Airlines are entitled to provide you with food, drinks, access to phone calls and accommodations if the delay stretches for a long time. For your better understanding a list of claims in different possible delay scenarios is given down below-
- 3 hours delay in a 1500km flight makes you eligible for $250 in compensation. Similar delay in a 1500-3500km flight will get you $400 in compensation. If your flight was delayed and was over 1500km within EU you can avail $400 as compensation.
- For a 3-4 hour delay, in a journey more than 3500km between an EU and a non EU airport the compensation is $300.
- In case of a delay lasting over 4 hours in a flight that is over 3500km between and EU and Non-EU airport, passengers can avail upto $600 as compensation.
In case of delays over 5 hours or more
In such cases the airline is legally bound to provide you the following compensations-
- Full refund of the flight.
- Refunds of other flights from airline that you are using for the same journey e.g. return flights, connecting flights etc.
- If you are in the middle of the journey, they have to give you flight back to airport from where you originally departed.
How to avail the claims?
Availing claims is easy as all you have to do is to ask the airline and fill out a form. If they are not giving compensation you can report to Civil Aviation Authority. Also, innovative websites like Flight Claims online can help you with the whole process with their easy to avail and understand layout. You can avail your claims easily using their services.
