Vienna-Schwechat International Airport: compensation for delayed or cancelled flights

If your flight, which departs from Vienna-Schwechat International Airport (Austria), was delayed by more than 3 hours or canceled, then you are entitled to compensation of up to €600.

Compensation for a flight delay at Vienna-Schwechat International Airport (VIE)

Based on EU regulation 261/2004, if your flight was delayed, regardless of the cost of the air ticket, then you are entitled to compensation from €250 to €600.

The amount of compensation for a flight delay at Vienna-Schwechat International Airport depends on the distance of the flight and the duration of the delay (see table below).

You can only receive compensation if:

• Your flight was delayed by 3 hours or more;
• Your flight was canceled;
• Your flight was delayed by less than 3 hours, but the delay caused you to miss your next connecting flight and arrive at your final destination more than 3 hours late;
• You were denied boarding due to overbooking, i.e. due to lack of vacancies;
• The delay or cancellation of the flight was not caused by bad weather, an airline and airport strike, or other force majeure;
• No more than 6 years have passed since the voyage

Also, the route and the airline must comply with the requirements of EU Regulation No. 261/2004.

…or the route and airline must comply with Turkish law.

The amount of compensation for a flight delay at Vienna-Schwechat International Airport, Austria

In addition to financial compensation, if the flight is delayed at Vienna-Schwechat International Airport, the airline must provide:

• soft drinks;
• food;
• accommodation (if the flight was rescheduled the next day);
• transfer to the place of residence;
• two phone calls.

This is all that passengers are supposed to do when their flight is delayed from Vienna-Schwechat International Airport, Austria.

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