Amsterdam Flight Delays or Cancellations

How much can you claim for Amsterdam Airport delays ?

The amount that you can claim depends on the length of the delay and distance of your flight:

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

Passenger Rights under EU 261 Rule

Under EC Regulation 261/2004, air passengers are entitled to compensation or refund from the airlines, 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
• ☛denied boarding: if you were denied to board a flight despite having a valid flight reservation due to overbooking.
• ☛missed connecting flight: 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 flight disruptions were caused due to some extraordinary circumstances there is no compensation.

Examples of such circumstances include strike action (pilot strike, air traffic control strike, etc), security threats, tsunami, extreme bad weather conditions, or any ‘Act of God’.

Important: You do not have to be an EU citizen to claim compensation for Schiphol Airport (AMS) delays. You can claim for flights’ departed from AMS airport with any airline, or arrived at AMS Airport with an EU-registered airline.

Amsterdam Airport flight delays

Under EU Regulation 261/2004, you are entitled to financial compensation or refund for longer flight delays.

Let’s understand, under what circumstances you can claim compensation and when you can ask for a refund.

Amsterdam Airport arrival delays

For flight delays over three hours on Amsterdam Schiphol arrivals, you could be entitled to compensation up to 600€ (or £510).

Amsterdam Schiphol Airport cancelled flights

If your flight to or from Amsterdam has been cancelled without prior notice of at least 14 days, you can either apply for a refund or ask for an alternate flight.

If your alternate flight or re-scheduled flight delays for more than 2 hours, you could be eligible for compensation under EU law.

The amount of compensation is between 125€ and 600€ depending upon …

1. days you were informed before
2. length of delay, and
3. route distance

Whereas, for Amsterdam flights cancelled due to extraordinary circumstances, you are not eligible for compensation.

Missed Flight Connection

You may be eligible for missed flight compensation up to 600€ under the European Union Regulation EC261, if …

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

Am I eligible to claim compensation?

EC Regulation 261/2004 is European law, it applies to EU airspace. You do not have to be an EU citizen to claim delayed flight compensation.

It states that you can claim for flights departed from an airport located in the EU Member States (with any airline), or arrived at an airport located in the EU Member States with an EU regulated airline.

Thus you are eligible for compensation under EC 261 Regulation.

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