How Does Flight Delay Compensation Work?

Have you experienced a flight delay or cancellation in the last six years?

Do you think you may be entitled to compensation?

If your answer was yes to both of the questions above, then head over to our website www.flightclaimsonline.co.uk, where our team of experts are ready and waiting to set your claim in motion. All our claims handlers are experts at making the process of claiming fast and easy and are trained, experienced and qualified to see your claim right through to completion. Unlike other firms, here at Flight Claims Online we pride ourselves on our personalised and efficient service. Thanks to our dedicated customer care team, we are now considered one of the top flight delay compensation claim specialists in the UK.

We maintain close working relationships with all of major airlines, and have helped thousands of clients retrieve the compensation they deserve. We are experts in Regulation (EC) No 261/2004, the main regulation that governs flight delays and we ensure all our clients receive the compensation they deserve.

A claim with us takes on average 30 days from start to successfully claiming compensation. Although it is rare for a claim to go to court, if it does we won’t bog you down with unnecessary details and will give you just the facts and general guidelines for eligibility before dealing with everything else behind the scenes.

On top of this, we provide an easy to use flight delay compensation calculator on our website so you can see just how much compensation you could get.

If processing a claim still sounds too daunting or stressful, don’t worry. Our claims handlers will make the entire process easy. All we require are a few personal details and your flight number, and leave the rest to us. From the information you provide we will cross-reference against our database to determine the cause of the flights delay or cancellation and check if you have an eligible claim.

Eligible Factors

All eligibility criteria are set out in Regulation (EC) No 261/2004. The following checklist will help you see if you are entitled to flight delay compensation:

-          The delayed flight must be from or to a destination within the EU (This only applies to the following departure countries from outside Europe: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Reunion Island, Mayotte as well as Saint-Martin, the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands).

The cause of the delay must have been due to one of the following factors:

-          Technical or engineering issues with the aircraft;

-          Issues of communication between the airline & departing Airport;

-          Delays caused by pilots or cabin crew;

-          Strikes by airline staff;

-          The arrival at the destination airport was delayed by over 3 hours.

Flight Distance and Length of Delay.

The amount of flight compensation you may be eligible to is based on the length of delay and the distance of the flight. The time of delay is calculated by how late the aircraft arrived at the destination airport, not how late it was leaving the departure airport.

Flight Distance

Flight Destination	Flight Distance	Arrival Delay	Compensation (EUR)
All flights	Up to 1500 KM	3 hours+	250
Within EU	More than 1500 KM	3 Hours+	400
Between EU &Non-EU	Between 1500 – 3500 KM	3 Hours+	400
Between EU &Non-EU	More than 3500 KM	4 Hours+	600