EWR Delays or Cancellations – Your Rights to Compensation following EU law

Here is an ultimate guide to claim compensation for Newark Airport flight delays, cancellations, and denied boarding incidents under EU Regulation EC 261/2004.

How much can I claim for Newark Airport flight delays?

The amount of compensation varies between 250€ to 600€ depending upon the route distance and length of the delay.

The table below shows the amount of compensation that you can claim under the EU Regulation 261/2004:

* the amount may get reduced by 50%, i.e., you may get up to 300€ for a distance of over 3500 km if EU borders were not crossed.

Your rights to compensation under EU law

Under EU law, in these cases, you could receive compensation, if the airline was responsible for …

• ☛flight delays: if you reached the final destination with more than 3 hours delay.
• ☛flight cancellations: if you were informed about flight cancellation without any prior notice of at least 0 to 14 days of departure.
• ☛overbooking: if you were denied boarding your flight due to overselling of flight tickets.
• ☛missed connection: if you missed your connecting flight due to delay or cancellation of your first flight, and reached later than 3 hours at the final destination.

Whereas, if the disruptions were caused due to some extraordinary circumstances, there is no compensation.

Examples of such circumstances include bad weather conditions, natural disasters like storm, tsunami, etc., air traffic control suspends or restrict, or any technical problem with airplanes

Newark Airport Delays

Under EU law EC 261 of 2004, for longer flight delays you could be entitled to compensation or refund based upon the length of the delay and travel distance.

There’s no compensation if the disruption was caused due to extraordinary circumstances, or the situation was beyond the control of the airline.

Newark Airport weather delays may fall into extraordinary circumstances, and thus you couldn’t receive compensation.

Whereas, if the delay is caused due to general airport conditions, and there is news of other airlines in operation, you could claim.

Delays at Newark Airport

For arrival delays of more than three hours, you could be entitled to compensation under EC Regulation 261/2004, if the flight departed from EU airport.

EWR Flight Cancellations

If you booked an EU-airline flight and it gets canceled at Newark Airport without prior notice of 0 to 14 days, you may ask for flight cancellation compensation or a refund.

These are the two options available for you to choose from …..

1. you can either apply for a ticket refund or
2. you may ask for a change of flight or an alternate flight.

If your alternate flight delays for more than 2 hours, you could be eligible for compensation.

You can claim compensation between 125€ and 600€ depending upon …

• the days you were informed before
• the length of delay, and
• route distance

What if you missed your connecting flight?

You could be entitled to compensation for a missed flight due to delay or cancellation, under European Union Regulation EC261.

If …

• →the same airline operates your connecting flight(s) which you missed due to a problem on your first flight, and
• →delay at the final destination is more than three hours.

Does the EU 261 rule applicable to Newark Airport flights?

No matter from which country you belong to, or whatever citizenship you had, if you travel from any of the European destinations or travel from the non-EU airport to EU Airport with EU-registered airline, you are eligible under EC Regulation 261/2004.

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