Compensation for Eurowings Flight Delays or Cancellations

Eurowings Flight Delays or Cancellations

Was your Eurowings flight delayed or canceled? Don’t worry too much! Thankfully, under EU law, you could be entitled to compensation of up to 600€ ($700) for Eurowings flight delays or cancellations.

To be eligible for flight delay compensation, your flight must have departed from or arrived at an EU airport, and it should have been delayed for more than three hours at the final destination.

Use our flight compensation calculator to check if you are eligible and determine how much you could claim. You can find out in just two minutes and start your claim on a ‘No win, No fees’ basis.

Eurowings Air Passenger Rights to Compensation

For Eurowings flight delays of more than 3 hours, cancellations without prior notice of at least 14 days, and denied boarding due to overbooking, you could be eligible for compensation under the EU Regulation EC 261 of 2004.

Whereas, to claim under European law, your flight shouldn’t be delayed or canceled due to any extraordinary circumstances or beyond Eurowings Airlines’ control.

Let’s dive into your air passenger rights and understand when, how, and how much to claim for Eurowings’ delayed or canceled flights.

Eurowings Flight Delay Compensation

For Eurowings flight delays of more than three hours on arrival, you could be entitled to claim Eurowings delayed flight compensation of up to 600€ per person.

You are eligible to receive financial compensation for Eurowings delayed flights if the following conditions are met:

1. Your flight was delayed for 3 hours or more.
2. The delay occurred on arrivals, i.e., at the final destination.
3. You either departed from an EU airport or landed at an EU airport.
4. The delay was not caused due to extraordinary circumstances

Extraordinary circumstances, such as bad weather, a tsunami, the coronavirus pandemic, or other Acts of God, are beyond the airlines’ control. As the airlines are not responsible for disruptions caused by such circumstances, you may not claim under such circumstances.

How much can you claim for Eurowings delayed flight?

The amount of compensation varies from 250€ to 600€. It depends upon the route distance and the length of the delay.

The table below clarifies how much you can claim for Eurowings’ delayed flight.

Eurowings flight departure delays

If the Eurowings flight delays for more than two hours, passengers are entitled to ‘Right to Care’ assistance. And, for delays over 5 hours, you can claim Eurowings delayed flight refund.

For 5+ Hours of Flight Delays

Eurowings Missed Connection Compensation

Under the European Union Regulation EC 261, you could be entitled to Eurowings missed connecting flight compensation if the following conditions are met:

1. The entire journey was booked under one booking reference.
2. The delay at the final destination was more than three hours

If you satisfy the above criteria, you can claim up to €600 for the missed flight.

Eurowings Overbooked Flight Compensation

If you were denied boarding due to overbooking, you could qualify for compensation under EU law.

To claim compensation, the following conditions must be met:

1. You did not voluntarily give up your seat in exchange for vouchers.
2. You arrived at the airport on time and had all the required travel documents.
3. The departure or arrival airport belongs to the EU member states.

If you were offered an alternative flight of your choice but arrived at your destination more than two hours later than originally scheduled, you have the right to request compensation.

Helpful Information about Eurowings Airlines

Another famous subsidiary of Lufthansa Group is Eurowings, whose headquarters is at Dusseldorf. This specific airline connects European and domestic destinations and is pretty much low-cost. Cologne Bonn Airport is one of the main operating bases among 10 other airports.

Back in 1997, Germanwings was a division of the Eurowings. However, later in 2008, it came under the Lufthansa Group and now operates as Eurowings.