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Flight delayed or cancelled? Check your EU compensation

Enter your route and what happened. The tool applies Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 as interpreted by the Court of Justice of the EU and drafts a claim letter that you send yourself.

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Currently applicable: Regulation (EC) No 261/2004.

Regulation (EU) 2026/2202 amends these rules. It is in force: it entered into force on 22.10.2026 (20th day after publication in the Official Journal on 2.10.2026), but under its Article 3 it applies only from 23.10.2027. Until then the current rules described below apply. EUR-Lex CELEX 32026R2202 (checked 29.10.2026)

What happened?
Is the operating airline from the EU, EEA or Switzerland?

Next steps

  1. Send the letter to the operating airline (complaint form or email) and keep a copy.
  2. No answer within 6–8 weeks or a refusal: complain to the national enforcement body of the country of departure (for flights from outside the EU: of arrival).
  3. For a cross-border dispute you can get free help from the European Consumer Centre in your country (ECC-Net).

Limits: an estimate only. Not covered: package holidays, free tickets not available to the public, claim deadlines (national law), payments in other currencies.

Official sources

Last updated: 29 October 2026

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