Flight delay with British Airways?

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Did your British Airways flight suffer a long delay? If you arrived with a delay of more than three hours, you could be entitled to compensation. Eager to know whether you have a right to compensation due to loss of time? See if your British Airways flight is on the list of current delays below.

Recently: three delayed British Airways flights on May 21 2019

On May 21 thee British Airways flights suffered long delays. Flight BA2623 had the longest delay. This flight arrived at its final destination with a delay of almost 7,5 hours. Passengers of these flights are entitled to compensation.

Recent British Airways flight delays on May 21:

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Claiming compensation for a delayed British Airways flight

If your British Airways flight was delayed you could end up waiting a long time at the airport and lose significant time or miss important affairs. This is why Regulation 261/2004 was introduced and has been in effect since 2005. It establishes your rights as an airline passenger. In order to claim compensation for a delayed flight, the following criteria must apply:

British Airways is a European airline company, this means that if your flight arrives with a delay exceeding three hours and no extraordinary circumstances apply, you are entitled to compensation which can add up to €600 (£517*) per person.

Example: Your flight with British Airways from New York to London Heathrow is delayed because of a technical fault. You arrive in London with a delay of almost five hours. You are not entitled to a compensation of €600 (£517*) per person.

British Airways delays

The national carrier of the UK, British Airways, operates flights within the UK and connecting it to the rest of the world. Hundreds of BA flights leave and enter the UK on a daily bases.

Was your BA flight delayed? Do you want to know what you are entitled to? You can check what recent British Airways flights you can claim compensation for below in our ‘problem flights’ list. We review over 13 million flight, weather and sociopolitical data every day. This data is one of the reasons we have a 97% success rate in court.

Amount of compensation

When you are entitled to compensation because your British Airways flight was delayed, the amount of compensation is based on the flight distance:

Amount of compensation

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If your flight exceeds 3,500 km and your arrival delay is between three and four hours, you are entitled to 50% of the compensation amount.

*Compensation calculated May '19 rate of £1: €1,16 and rounded to the nearest £1.

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