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DelayFlight24 blog: guides to your rights when you fly

Delays, cancellations, missed connections, baggage and documents: practical guides on what to do and what you are owed under EU rules.

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Delayed flight letter for work: how to get one

Need a delayed flight letter for work? How to request one from Ryanair, Vueling and ITA Airways, what it should show and a step-by-step checklist.

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  • Delayed flight letter for work: what it should show
  • How to request it from the main airlines
  • The checklist: at the airport and afterwards

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Rights and compensation

Air traffic control delays: is compensation due?

Delayed by air traffic control or an ATC slot? When the airline can refuse up to €600 compensation, when it cannot, and what you always get.

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How long does flight delay compensation take? The stages

How long does flight delay compensation take? Ticket refunds within 7 days, no legal deadline for compensation: the stages, ADR and a checklist.

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Airline says extraordinary circumstances? What to do next

Airline says extraordinary circumstances and won't pay? It has to prove it: the evidence to ask for, how to reply and when to go to the IAA or ADR.

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Flight rescheduled by airline: compensation and refunds

Flight rescheduled by the airline? When it counts as a cancellation, how to get a refund in 7 days and when €250, €400 or €600 is due.

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Ryanair flight delayed by 2 hours: what you're owed

Ryanair flight delayed by 2 hours? Meals now, €250 or €400 only if you arrive 3 hours late. How Ryanair handles vouchers, receipts and claims.

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Compensation

Flight delayed or cancelled?

Check for free in 2 minutes whether you are owed up to €600 per passenger. You only pay if you get compensated.

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Flight delayed by a technical fault: compensation up to €600

Flight delayed or cancelled by a technical fault? It is usually not an extraordinary circumstance: up to €600. What to ask and how to answer a refusal.

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Flight rescheduled earlier: compensation and refund

Flight rescheduled more than 1 hour earlier? It counts as a cancellation: refund or new flight and up to €600. Hotel, transfer and connection examples.

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Flight cancelled and moved to next day: your rights

Flight cancelled and moved to the next day? When a schedule change counts as a cancellation, when you get a refund and when up to €600 compensation.

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Baggage

Free hand luggage EU law: what is free and from when

Free hand luggage under EU law: from 23/10/2027 a 40Ă—30Ă—15 cm personal item is free, a cabin bag is not. Until then, each airline's rules apply.

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Air traffic control strike Europe November 2026: dates

Air traffic control strikes in Europe in November 2026: Italy on 6, 21 and 22 November, Spain until 30 November. Dates, protected flights and your rights.

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Flight delayed 3 hours: what am I entitled to?

Flight delayed 2, 3 or 4 hours? Meals, hotel, a refund after 5 hours and €250, €400 or €600 compensation from 3 hours late on arrival.

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Was your flight delayed or cancelled?

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