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Ural Airlines compensation: up to €600 per passenger

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  • Transparent feeOnly 25% + VAT and only if Ural Airlines pays: out of €400 you receive €278.
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In short

  • Delay: if you arrive 3 hours or more late, Ural Airlines owes €250 to €600 per person, depending on the distance.
  • Cancellation: you are owed compensation if you were told less than 14 days before departure, on top of a ticket refund or an alternative flight.
  • Not owed for extraordinary circumstances (severe weather, air traffic control strikes). Technical faults and strikes by the airline's own staff usually are not extraordinary.
  • With DelayFlight24 you pay nothing upfront: if Ural Airlines pays, you keep €173.75 out of €250 or €278 out of €400.

Ural Airlines compensation: claims for flights out of Europe

Ural Airlines is a Russian carrier headquartered in Yekaterinburg, with bases at Koltsovo and at Moscow's Domodedovo and Zhukovsky airports. It is still flying, but no longer to or from the European Union: Russian aircraft have been barred from EU airspace since late February 2022, and in June 2024 the EU added Ural to its sanctions list. Before that it linked Russia with cities such as Paris, Frankfurt, Munich, Prague, Barcelona, Rome and Geneva. If one of those flights let you down, you can still ask us to look at it.

As a non-EU airline, Ural was bound by Regulation (EC) 261/2004 only when departing from the EU, Iceland, Norway or Switzerland. Munich–Moscow was protected; the return leg, Moscow–Munich, was not.

Late arrival

Took off from a European airport and landed at least 3 hours behind schedule.

3 hours or more

Flight scrapped

A departure from Frankfurt, Prague or Geneva axed with under two weeks' warning.

Under 14 days' notice

Seat refused

The flight from Europe was sold beyond capacity and you were left behind.

Payable at the gate

Outside the rules

Any flight from Russia into Europe, and those grounded by the 2022 airspace ban.

No entitlement

The quickest way to know: enter the route and date of your Ural Airlines flight. The answer costs nothing.

What Ural Airlines owed each passenger

The fare is irrelevant; what matters is the distance to the final destination. The examples below measure the distance to Moscow.

Kilometres Examples of Ural connections Sum
Under 1,500 Helsinki–Moscow €250
1,500 to 3,500 Prague–Moscow, Munich–Moscow, Paris–Moscow, Rome–Moscow €400
Over 3,500 Lisbon–Moscow €600

Each traveller collects their own share, a child with a seat included: a family of four on a Paris–Moscow flight that arrived 5 hours late would be owed €1,600 in total.

Ural Airlines delay: how to prove it

The benchmark is when the aircraft doors opened at the destination, not touchdown. Search your inbox and phone for:

  1. The booking confirmation with the reference and the U6 flight number.
  2. Boarding passes, including any domestic hop after Domodedovo or Zhukovsky.
  3. Messages from Ural giving the revised schedule.
  4. Receipts for food and transport bought at the airport.
  5. Your Wings balance, the airline's loyalty scheme, if you collected miles.

Meals and hotel while waiting

On flights leaving Europe, Ural had to look after you during the wait:

Route length Food and drink from
Under 1,500 km 2 hours
1,500–3,500 km 3 hours
Over 3,500 km 4 hours
Wait beyond 5 hours You could drop the trip and get your money back

Onward flight missed in Russia

Picture a Frankfurt–Moscow–Yekaterinburg itinerary: on a single ticket, the delay at the last stop and the total distance are what count. See also the page on a delayed Ural Airlines flight.

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Ural Airlines cancellation: money back and compensation

Fare returned

Owed for any scrapped flight, including those halted by the European ban in February 2022.

Flat-rate payment

Only with late notice and a cause inside the airline.

When you were told Compensation
Two weeks ahead or more Ruled out: refund or rerouting only
One to two weeks ahead Owed, unless the alternative left no more than 2 hours early and landed within 4 hours of schedule
Less than a week ahead Owed, unless the alternative left no more than 1 hour early and landed within 2 hours of schedule

February 2022. Shutting European airspace to Russian aircraft was a political decision, so those flights normally carry no compensation, though the fare must be refunded. More on the page about a cancelled Ural Airlines flight.

Ural Airlines overbooking

Being turned away at Barcelona or Geneva because the plane had been sold beyond capacity triggered compensation on the spot, plus another flight or a refund. A missing Russian visa was a different story: that was down to the passenger. Further details on Ural Airlines overbooking.

Strikes and Ural Airlines

A walkout by the airline's own pilots or cabin crew does not release it from paying, as the Court of Justice of the EU ruled (case C-28/20). A strike by French or Italian air traffic controllers is another matter: it is an outside factor.

Ural Airlines won't pay? The usual reasons given

Usually owed
"The aircraft arrived late from its previous flight"

Aircraft rotation is the airline's own planning, just like faults found during routine maintenance.

On technical faults: Court of Justice of the EU, case C-549/07
It depends
"Bird strike"

Think of the well-known 2019 emergency landing of a Ural Airbus in a cornfield near Zhukovsky. Such an event can be extraordinary, but it has to be proven flight by flight.

Often not owed
"EU airspace ban"

Outside the airline's control, so no compensation; the unused ticket still has to be refunded.

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Ural Airlines today: where it flies and what isn't covered

The airline keeps flying within Russia and to Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Central Asia and China. A Ural flight from Istanbul or Dubai to Moscow falls outside the European rules, whatever passport you hold. For older departures from Europe, the 2024 EU sanctions make collecting payment harder, so we assess every claim before starting.

Claiming from Ural Airlines: alone or with us

Alone

You write in Russian or English to a sanctioned, non-EU company and deal with any refusal yourself.

With DelayFlight24

A two-minute form and an online signature. It only costs you if money arrives: 25% + VAT. Otherwise nothing.

What to have ready

  • Proof of travelUral ticket, receipt or boarding pass.
  • Passport or ID cardOne per passenger.
  • Messages and expensesNotices from Ural and receipts from the wait.

Deadlines

The Court of Justice of the EU has made clear that each country sets its own limit (case C-139/11). Since Ural's European flights stopped in 2022, you may be out of time in some countries: enter the date and we'll check.

When the money arrives

When an airline accepts a claim, payment usually lands within a few weeks; a formal demand or court case adds a few months. With Ural, sanctions can stretch that further, and we tell you so before we begin.

Suitcase lost with Ural Airlines

Baggage is governed by the Montreal Convention: a PIR at the airport, then a written complaint within 7 days for damage and within 21 days of delivery for delayed bags.

Ural Airlines contact details

Head office
Ural Airlines, Yekaterinburg, Russia
Official website
uralairlines.ru
If refused
The national enforcement body of the country the flight left from, or the civil courts
Nothing to pay upfront. Just a share if compensation comes through. Check your Ural Airlines flight.

What if Ural Airlines does not pay? We go all the way

Many airlines only pay when they realise we will not give up. If they refuse or do not reply, our lawyers take legal action, and you do not have to do anything.

Claim to the airline

We send the formal claim with all the documents.

Formal notice

If they do not pay, we send a formal notice with legal value.

Our lawyers in court

Our lawyers take the airline to court, all the way to a judgement.

  • If we lose, you pay nothingNo fee and no costs. If we win, the fee is 40% + VAT.
  • Legal costs are on usYou pay nothing for the court case, even if we lose.
  • All the way to a judgementWe do not stop at the formal notice: if needed we go to court.

Ural Airlines compensation: frequently asked questions

Does Ural Airlines still fly to Europe?
No. Since late February 2022 Russian aircraft have been barred from EU airspace, so Ural no longer serves cities such as Paris, Munich, Prague or Rome. It does still fly within Russia and to countries such as Turkey, the UAE and Central Asia.
Which Ural Airlines flights fall under Regulation (EC) 261/2004?
Only departures from airports in the EU, Iceland, Norway or Switzerland, because Ural is a Russian carrier. Munich–Moscow was covered; Moscow–Munich was not.
How much for a Paris–Moscow flight that arrived 4 hours late?
€400 per passenger, as the route is longer than 1,500 km, unless the delay was caused by an extraordinary circumstance.
My Ural flight was cancelled because of the 2022 airspace closure. What am I entitled to?
A refund of the fare. Flat-rate compensation usually not, because the airspace ban was decided by governments, not the airline.
Ural Airlines is under EU sanctions. Can I still claim?
You can, but the sanctions imposed in June 2024 make collecting payment more complicated and slower. We review your case free of charge and tell you whether it is worth pursuing.
Is a Ural flight from Istanbul or Dubai to Moscow covered?
No. European rules only apply to a non-EU carrier when it departs from a European airport, regardless of your nationality.
How long do I have to claim against Ural Airlines?
It depends on the country: the Regulation sets no deadline and the Court of Justice of the EU leaves it to national law. For flights from 2022 or earlier, check the date straight away.
What does DelayFlight24 keep on a Ural claim?
25% + VAT, only if you get paid: from €250 you keep €173.75, from €400 you keep €278, from €600 you keep €417. If we recover nothing, you pay nothing.

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