Alicante Airport Flight Delays Compensation

Alicante Airport Flight Delays / Cancellation Compensation

Handling over a million passengers in a year for both domestic and international flights, the airport is known to be one of the busiest airports in Spain. Even the busiest airport suffers from flights being cancelled or delayed due to reasons of mechanical failure or acts of god. EU air passenger rights 261/2004 which were passed in the month of February of 2005 states that if the flight is arriving 3 hours beyond scheduled arrival time at its destination no matter the distance travelled, then the airline is supposed to compensate its passengers to a maximum of 600€. EC Regulation 261/2004 also governs over the passengers who have been a victim of flight cancellation or denied boarding although carrying valid flight tickets and documents. Alicante flight passengers can also claim compensation from the airlines if they were denied to board the flight due to oversold flight tickets; if their flight has been cancelled without prior notice of 2 weeks or missed the connecting flight due to their current flight delays or airport arrivals delay or for any technical issues which could be easily solved by airline.

Alicante-Elche Airport

Alicante-Elche Airport initially inaugurated on 4th May 1967 and was named after the area at which it was built, El Altet (Elche’s country-side part). Alicante Airport stands at sixth positions in terms of passenger footfalls in a year and is known to be one of the busiest airport in Spain. IATA Code of Alicante Airport is “ALC”. Alicante ALC Airport is base to major airlines such as Ryanair, Vueling, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Air Nostrum and Jet2.com. easyJet is the other airline which operates after Ryanair through which flight passengers travels most at Alicante Airport. The airport serves flights to both domestic as well as international destinations and most Alicante Airport departures are for London Gatwick Airport, Birmingham, Bristol, London Stansted Airport, Leeds, Liverpool, Luton, Manchester, Newcastle and East Midlands in UK, Barcelona, Madrid and Palma de Mallorca in Spain itself. Other famous destinations that this airport connects to are Brussels, Belfast, Hamburg, Norwich, Southampton, Amsterdam, Cologne, Copenhagen, Rome, Bucharest, Budapest, etc.

Alicante Airport Terminal

Alicante Airport has one Terminal which was opened in 2011 and the first flight to use this Terminal was a flight to Memmingen through Ryanair airline. This Terminal has 96 check-in desks, has 40 gates of which 15 are with air bridges, and 16 are with baggage reclaim carousels. The airport had 2 more Terminals earlier that is Terminal 1 and Terminal 2, but both of them stopped operating after the inaugural of the new Terminal. This New Terminal is constructed to the east of Terminal 1.

List of Airlines Operating At The Alicante Airport

Flight Delays / Cancellation / Denied Boarding Problems

Flight delays, flight cancellations and Denied Boarding are the common problems faced by air travellers. If your flight gets delayed at the arrival airport for 3 or more hours; flight cancelled without notice of 2 weeks or if you were denied boarding due to overselling of flight seats EC Regulation 261/2004 entitles you to claim flight compensation up to 600€ from the airlines for the inconvenience caused to you. Flight delayed for 2 hours or more from departure airport, airlines are obligatory to provide you assistance. You are entitled to claim compensation for a cancelled flight if you were not informed about the cancellation at least 14 days before the scheduled time of departure. You can claim financial compensation for denied boarding, if your alternate flight is delayed for 2 hours or more.

EC Regulation 261/2004 / Know Your Rights / Air Passenger Rights

European Union Regulation (EC) No. 261/2004 introduced in 2004 and came into effect from February 2005 establishes common EU rule on flight compensation and assistance to airline passengers in the event of denied boarding and of flights cancellation or delayed flights; repealing Regulation (EEC) No 295/91 of February 1991. EU 261/2004 rule states that air passengers are entitled to receive cash compensation of 250/400/600 € from airlines for the inconvenience caused due to flight delays or cancelled flight or if passengers are denied boarding due to overbooking of flight tickets by the airlines.

Claim Flights – Flight Compensation Firm

If your flight has been delayed or cancelled while you are travelling within Europe, flying with an EU registered flight and you want to claim reimbursement for the problem the airline has caused you, all you have to do is provide us with your flight details (flight number & flight date) and our claim experts will work with various other teams to collect data so that everything goes smoothly. Our team has access to flight information such as the time by which the flight was delayed, the reason for flight cancellation, flights departure and arrival time, etc. making us more likely to win the compensation.

Claim Yourself Delayed Flight Compensation

If your flight is delayed for more than 3 hours or if your flight has been cancelled without prior notice of 2 weeks or if you were denied boarding due to overbooking of flight tickets, you can use our free claim letter template to write the letter to airline to claim compensation for your delayed / cancelled / overbooked flight in accordance with EU Regulation 261/2004. EC Regulation 261/2004 entitles European Union air passengers to claim up to 600€ compensation for flight delay of 3 hours or more, flight cancellations or for denied boarding.

Calculate The Amount Airline Owes You

Passengers are often unaware of the law and end up claiming a very futile amount compared to what they are entitled to claim. At Claim Flights the exact compensation can be calculated with the help of the compensation calculator. Claim Flights takes up your case on a no win no fee basis and makes sure that you get right amount in time.