Dealing with flight problems can be quite upsetting. However, the good news is that the European Union has laws to help travelers when things don’t go as planned. If you’re flying in the EU, it’s smart to be aware of these regulations. They can come in handy if your flight is disrupted.
Knowing what you’re entitled to can make dealing with travel problems less stressful. While it won’t speed up your journey, it can make you more relaxed when things go wrong.
Passenger Rights under EU Regulation 261/2004
EU air passengers are protected if their flight experiences difficulties. EU laws ensure airlines take care of their passengers when things go wrong.
When flights are delayed or cancelled, airlines must provide you:
- Meals and beverages
- Accommodation if you’re stuck overnight
- Transportation to and from the hotel
- Two free phone calls, emails, or faxes
If you’re delayed for a long time or your flight is cancelled, you might also get:
- A refund
- A different flight option
- Compensation to make up for the inconvenience
Remember to inquire with airline staff about these entitlements if your plans change. They are obligated to tell you about your rights when there’s a significant delay or cancellation.
TAP Air Portugal Flight Delay Compensation
Delays with flights from TAP Air Portugal can be really annoying. However there’s a bright side: if you’re stranded for more than three hours due to the airline’s fault, you might be able to get some compensation.
Laws in the UK and EU are on your side. You could get up to €600 per person. What counts is when you reach your destination, not when you leave. So monitor your arrival time if you want to seek flight delay compensation.
Your compensation depends on your flight distance. A short flight won’t be compensated as highly as a longer flight, even if they’re both delayed for the same duration.
Want to know exactly how much you could get? Check out the table below to see the potential reimbursement amounts:
| Less than 3 hours | Between 3-4 hours | Over 4 hours | Distance |
| €0 | €250 | €250 | All flights up to 1500 km |
| €0 | €400 | €400 | All flights between 1500 km and 3500 km |
| €0 | €400 | €400 | All intra-EU flights over 3500 km |
| €0 | €300 | €600 | All non-EU flights over 3500 km |
TAP Air Portugal Flight Cancellation Compensation
The EU has laws to protect you if your flight is cancelled. Here’s what you should know:
In the event of a flight cancellation less than two weeks before you’re supposed to leave, you could be eligible for compensation as much as €600. However, there’s a condition – the airline doesn’t have to pay if they can get you on another flight that doesn’t significantly disrupt your travel.
The airline can avoid paying you if they arrange a replacement flight that meets the following conditions:
| Advance Notice | Re-routing Requirements |
| 14 Days | None |
| 7 – 13 Days | Alternative flight departing no more than 2 hours before and arriving less than 4 hours after the original flight |
| Less than 7 Days | Alternative flight departing no more than 1 hour before and arriving less than 2 hours after the original flight |
If you agree to take an alternative flight from the airline, you’re still eligible for compensation. The key factor is your arrival time at your destination.
The amount you could receive is based on two things:
- How far you’re flying
- How late you arrive
As a result, even if the new flight doesn’t get there on time, you could still be eligible for compensation.
Refer to the table below to understand better:
| Under 2 hours | 2-3 hours | 3-4 hours | Over 4 hours | Never arrived | Distance |
| €125 | €250 | €250 | €250 | €250 | All flights 1,500 km or less |
| €200 | €200 | €400 | €400 | €400 | Internal EU flights over 1,500 km |
| €200 | €200 | €400 | €400 | €400 | Non-internal EU flights 1,500 km- 3,500 km |
| €300 | €300 | €300 | €600 | €600 | Non-internal EU flights over 3,500 km |
The airline may not need to compensate you if they can provide a transfer to your destination, close to the original schedule. Even if you’re just a little late, you might not be entitled to flight cancellation compensation.
How to Claim Compensation from TAP Air Portugal
It’s important to be aware of how to claim the compensation you’re eligible for under EU Regulation 261/2004. Here’s the process:
- Fill in our form. You’ll need to provide details like your flight number, date, and the issue you encountered.
- Let our experts help you. Once you submit the form, our team will take over. We know the EU laws thoroughly and will do our best to get you your compensation. You only pay us if we win your case.
Remember that you have the right as a passenger to claim compensation for a cancelled or delayed flight. Regardless of whether your flight was delayed as a result of operational reasons or technical issues, if it was not caused by extraordinary circumstances including severe weather or air traffic control decisions, you qualify for compensation.
Which TAP Air Portugal Flights are Covered by EU261?
The air passenger protection regulations of the European Union are comprehensive in scope. They apply to every flight leaving an airport in an EU member state and any flight coming into an airport within an EU country if the flight is operated by an EU airline.
| Itinerary | Covered by EU 261 |
| Flights departing EU airports | ✅ Covered |
| Flights arriving at EU airports | ✅ Covered |
These regulations also cover airlines from Iceland, Norway, and Switzerland. This means when you travel with any airline to, within, or from Europe, you most likely have these rights. It’s important to know about these laws – they’re in place to help you if problems occur with your flight. They make sure you’re not left on your own when your travel plans go awry.
When You Are Not Entitled to Compensation
TAP Air Portugal is not always at fault when flights are delayed or cancelled. Sometimes, things happen that the airline is powerless against, like really bad weather or unforeseen issues.
For example, if there’s a sudden storm, an urgent situation at the airport, or an air traffic control strike, TAP Air Portugal isn’t responsible. These are called “extraordinary circumstances” that the airline is unable to prevent.
When these things happen, you likely won’t get any compensation. The airline isn’t seen as doing anything wrong when these unforeseen difficulties arise.
Recent Flight Delays and Cancellations
Was your flight delayed or cancelled without a valid reason? Check our table for the latest flight delays and cancellations. Assess your right to compensation using our claim checker, and let us protect your rights and pursue compensation for you.
Did not find your flight in our table? Try our compensation form, and we will check it for you.
| Date | Airline (Flight number) | Route | Status | Your compensation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
30.05.202519:05 | TAP Air Portugal 8358 | Brussels (BRU) Helsinki (HEL) | cancelled | Claim Refund |
30.05.202518:05 | TAP Air Portugal 8799 | Berlin (BER) Helsinki (HEL) | cancelled | Claim Refund |
30.05.202516:40 | TAP Air Portugal 8343 | Helsinki (HEL) Brussels (BRU) | cancelled | Claim Refund |
30.05.202515:35 | TAP Air Portugal 6418 | Berlin (BER) Tallinn (TLL) | delayed | Claim Refund |
30.05.202514:55 | TAP Air Portugal 8197 | Budapest (BUD) Zurich (ZRH) | delayed | Claim Refund |
30.05.202513:30 | TAP Air Portugal 7234 | Rome (FCO) Bari (BRI) | delayed | Claim Refund |
30.05.202513:15 | TAP Air Portugal 531 | Berlin (BER) Lisbon (LIS) | delayed | Claim Refund |
30.05.202512:05 | TAP Air Portugal 6774 | Lisbon (LIS) Brussels (BRU) | delayed | Claim Refund |
30.05.202511:55 | TAP Air Portugal 7471 | Copenhagen (CPH) Brussels (BRU) | delayed | Claim Refund |
30.05.202511:25 | TAP Air Portugal 7980 | Munich (MUC) Budapest (BUD) | delayed | Claim Refund |
30.05.202511:15 | TAP Air Portugal 8712 | Budapest (BUD) Vienna (VIE) | delayed | Claim Refund |
30.05.202511:00 | TAP Air Portugal 7720 | Munich (MUC) Berlin (BER) | delayed | Claim Refund |
30.05.202510:25 | TAP Air Portugal 6364 | Dubai (DXB) Kuala Lumpur (KUL) | delayed | Claim Refund |
30.05.202510:05 | TAP Air Portugal 6350 | Dubai (DXB) Singapore (SIN) | delayed | Claim Refund |
30.05.202510:00 | TAP Air Portugal 6360 | Dubai (DXB) Hong Kong (HKG) | delayed | Claim Refund |
30.05.202509:15 | TAP Air Portugal 6775 | Brussels (BRU) Lisbon (LIS) | delayed | Claim Refund |
30.05.202509:00 | TAP Air Portugal 57 | Lisbon (LIS) Brasilia (BSB) | delayed | Claim Refund |
30.05.202507:40 | TAP Air Portugal 8340 | Helsinki (HEL) Brussels (BRU) | cancelled | Claim Refund |
30.05.202507:25 | TAP Air Portugal 6730 | Dubai (DXB) Lisbon (LIS) | delayed | Claim Refund |
30.05.202506:35 | TAP Air Portugal 5779 | Sao Paulo (CNF) Brasilia (BSB) | delayed | Claim Refund |
30.05.202506:10 | TAP Air Portugal 4237 | Salvador (SSA) Brasilia (BSB) | delayed | Claim Refund |
30.05.202506:05 | TAP Air Portugal 7977 | Budapest (BUD) Munich (MUC) | delayed | Claim Refund |
30.05.202506:05 | TAP Air Portugal 4029 | Sao Paulo (GIG) Brasilia (BSB) | delayed | Claim Refund |
30.05.202506:00 | TAP Air Portugal 5798 | Curitiba (CWB) Brasilia (BSB) | delayed | Claim Refund |
30.05.202505:10 | TAP Air Portugal 4219 | Recife (REC) Brasilia (BSB) | delayed | Claim Refund |
30.05.202503:35 | TAP Air Portugal 4217 | Porto Velho (PVH) Brasilia (BSB) | delayed | Claim Refund |
30.05.202500:30 | TAP Air Portugal 8368 | Bangkok (BKK) Brussels (BRU) | delayed | Claim Refund |
29.05.202517:35 | TAP Air Portugal 7975 | Budapest (BUD) Munich (MUC) | delayed | Claim Refund |
29.05.202516:55 | TAP Air Portugal 8920 | Tel Aviv Yafo (TLV) Lisbon (LIS) | delayed | Claim Refund |
29.05.202515:50 | TAP Air Portugal 4079 | Sao Paulo (GRU) Ilheus (IOS) | delayed | Claim Refund |
29.05.202515:40 | TAP Air Portugal 7970 | Munich (MUC) Budapest (BUD) | delayed | Claim Refund |
29.05.202515:25 | TAP Air Portugal 7019 | Frankfurt (FRA) Cairo (CAI) | delayed | Claim Refund |
29.05.202514:45 | TAP Air Portugal 8383 | Frankfurt (FRA) Bangkok (BKK) | delayed | Claim Refund |
29.05.202514:15 | TAP Air Portugal 8326 | Frankfurt (FRA) Beijing (PEK) | delayed | Claim Refund |
29.05.202513:20 | TAP Air Portugal 7077 | Warsaw (WAW) Krakow (KRK) | delayed | Claim Refund |
29.05.202512:35 | TAP Air Portugal 6627 | Porto (OPO) Ponta Delgada (PDL) | delayed | Claim Refund |
29.05.202510:15 | TAP Air Portugal 6723 | Budapest (BUD) Munich (MUC) | delayed | Claim Refund |
29.05.202509:30 | TAP Air Portugal 8199 | Budapest (BUD) Zurich (ZRH) | delayed | Claim Refund |
29.05.202508:45 | TAP Air Portugal 5131 | Sao Paulo (CNF) Vitoria Da Conquista (VDC) | delayed | Claim Refund |
29.05.202508:25 | TAP Air Portugal 6618 | Ponta Delgada (PDL) Lisbon (LIS) | delayed | Claim Refund |
29.05.202506:00 | TAP Air Portugal 6617 | Lisbon (LIS) Ponta Delgada (PDL) | delayed | Claim Refund |
28.05.202521:15 | TAP Air Portugal 6472 | Boston (BOS) Ponta Delgada (PDL) | delayed | Claim Refund |
28.05.202520:55 | TAP Air Portugal 6477 | New York (JFK) Ponta Delgada (PDL) | delayed | Claim Refund |
28.05.202520:45 | TAP Air Portugal 6654 | Toronto (YYZ) Ponta Delgada (PDL) | delayed | Claim Refund |
28.05.202518:30 | TAP Air Portugal 7119 | Warsaw (WAW) Budapest (BUD) | delayed | Claim Refund |
28.05.202517:40 | TAP Air Portugal 8446 | Zurich (ZRH) Budapest (BUD) | delayed | Claim Refund |
28.05.202517:30 | TAP Air Portugal 7975 | Budapest (BUD) Munich (MUC) | delayed | Claim Refund |
28.05.202517:00 | TAP Air Portugal 7379 | Krakow (KRK) Paris (ORY) | delayed | Claim Refund |
28.05.202515:50 | TAP Air Portugal 4079 | Sao Paulo (GRU) Ilheus (IOS) | delayed | Claim Refund |
28.05.202515:10 | TAP Air Portugal 7460 | Brussels (BRU) Budapest (BUD) | delayed | Claim Refund |
28.05.202513:15 | TAP Air Portugal 1861 | Lisbon (LIS) Ponta Delgada (PDL) | delayed | Claim Refund |
28.05.202512:44 | TAP Air Portugal 4261 | Buffalo (BUF) Boston (BOS) | delayed | Claim Refund |
28.05.202512:35 | TAP Air Portugal 6559 | Porto (OPO) Ponta Delgada (PDL) | delayed | Claim Refund |
28.05.202507:25 | TAP Air Portugal 6730 | Dubai (DXB) Lisbon (LIS) | delayed | Claim Refund |
28.05.202502:05 | TAP Air Portugal 6359 | Amman (AMM) Dubai (DXB) | delayed | Claim Refund |
27.05.202521:05 | TAP Air Portugal 5234 | Sao Paulo (CNF) Sao Paulo (SDU) | delayed | Claim Refund |
27.05.202520:45 | TAP Air Portugal 6572 | Toronto (YYZ) Ponta Delgada (PDL) | delayed | Claim Refund |
27.05.202520:00 | TAP Air Portugal 4353 | Newark (EWR) West Palm Beach (PBI) | delayed | Claim Refund |
27.05.202517:30 | TAP Air Portugal 7975 | Budapest (BUD) Munich (MUC) | delayed | Claim Refund |
27.05.202516:50 | TAP Air Portugal 7968 | Frankfurt (FRA) Budapest (BUD) | delayed | Claim Refund |
27.05.202516:50 | TAP Air Portugal 6768 | Porto (OPO) Brussels (BRU) | delayed | Claim Refund |
27.05.202516:20 | TAP Air Portugal 644 | Lisbon (LIS) Brussels (BRU) | delayed | Claim Refund |
27.05.202515:35 | TAP Air Portugal 7119 | Warsaw (WAW) Budapest (BUD) | delayed | Claim Refund |
27.05.202515:35 | TAP Air Portugal 7970 | Munich (MUC) Budapest (BUD) | delayed | Claim Refund |
27.05.202514:55 | TAP Air Portugal 8197 | Budapest (BUD) Zurich (ZRH) | delayed | Claim Refund |
27.05.202514:20 | TAP Air Portugal 7973 | Budapest (BUD) Frankfurt (FRA) | delayed | Claim Refund |
27.05.202509:45 | TAP Air Portugal 5501 | Aalborg (AAL) Copenhagen (CPH) | delayed | Claim Refund |
27.05.202509:15 | TAP Air Portugal 4004 | Sao Paulo (CGH) Brasilia (BSB) | delayed | Claim Refund |
27.05.202509:15 | TAP Air Portugal 6775 | Brussels (BRU) Lisbon (LIS) | delayed | Claim Refund |
27.05.202508:35 | TAP Air Portugal 5050 | Sao Paulo (CNF) Barreiras (BRA) | delayed | Claim Refund |
27.05.202506:50 | TAP Air Portugal 6886 | Zagreb (ZAG) Brussels (BRU) | cancelled | Claim Refund |
27.05.202506:35 | TAP Air Portugal 5779 | Sao Paulo (CNF) Brasilia (BSB) | delayed | Claim Refund |
27.05.202503:30 | TAP Air Portugal 6368 | Dubai (DXB) Singapore (SIN) | delayed | Claim Refund |
27.05.202501:40 | TAP Air Portugal 6367 | Singapore (SIN) Dubai (DXB) | delayed | Claim Refund |
26.05.202523:37 | TAP Air Portugal 8561 | Seattle (SEA) Newark (EWR) | delayed | Claim Refund |
26.05.202521:40 | TAP Air Portugal 4121 | Sao Paulo (GRU) Brasilia (BSB) | delayed | Claim Refund |
26.05.202521:30 | TAP Air Portugal 6588 | Montreal (YUL) Ponta Delgada (PDL) | delayed | Claim Refund |
26.05.202521:05 | TAP Air Portugal 7450 | Brussels (BRU) Budapest (BUD) | delayed | Claim Refund |
26.05.202520:45 | TAP Air Portugal 4050 | Brasilia (BSB) Sao Paulo (GIG) | delayed | Claim Refund |
26.05.202519:25 | TAP Air Portugal 6623 | Lisbon (LIS) Ponta Delgada (PDL) | delayed | Claim Refund |
26.05.202518:50 | TAP Air Portugal 7611 | Berlin (BER) Munich (MUC) | delayed | Claim Refund |
26.05.202518:30 | TAP Air Portugal 5231 | Sao Paulo (CNF) Montes Claros (MOC) | delayed | Claim Refund |
26.05.202518:05 | TAP Air Portugal 8799 | Berlin (BER) Helsinki (HEL) | delayed | Claim Refund |
26.05.202517:50 | TAP Air Portugal 7791 | Berlin (BER) Munich (MUC) | delayed | Claim Refund |
26.05.202517:40 | TAP Air Portugal 8446 | Zurich (ZRH) Budapest (BUD) | delayed | Claim Refund |
26.05.202516:00 | TAP Air Portugal 7714 | Munich (MUC) Berlin (BER) | delayed | Claim Refund |
26.05.202514:55 | TAP Air Portugal 7645 | Stuttgart (STR) Frankfurt (FRA) | delayed | Claim Refund |
26.05.202514:05 | TAP Air Portugal 6509 | Paris (CDG) Ponta Delgada (PDL) | delayed | Claim Refund |
26.05.202513:20 | TAP Air Portugal 7077 | Warsaw (WAW) Krakow (KRK) | delayed | Claim Refund |
26.05.202513:10 | TAP Air Portugal 5571 | Copenhagen (CPH) Aalborg (AAL) | delayed | Claim Refund |
26.05.202513:00 | TAP Air Portugal 542 | Lisbon (LIS) Dusseldorf (DUS) | delayed | Claim Refund |
26.05.202512:35 | TAP Air Portugal 6627 | Porto (OPO) Ponta Delgada (PDL) | delayed | Claim Refund |
26.05.202500:30 | TAP Air Portugal 8368 | Bangkok (BKK) Brussels (BRU) | delayed | Claim Refund |
25.05.202522:45 | TAP Air Portugal 254 | Montreal (YUL) Ponta Delgada (PDL) | delayed | Claim Refund |
25.05.202521:55 | TAP Air Portugal 4121 | Sao Paulo (GRU) Brasilia (BSB) | delayed | Claim Refund |
25.05.202521:45 | TAP Air Portugal 5081 | Sao Paulo (CNF) Montes Claros (MOC) | delayed | Claim Refund |
25.05.202519:40 | TAP Air Portugal 7542 | Frankfurt (FRA) Sofia (SOF) | delayed | Claim Refund |
25.05.202518:20 | TAP Air Portugal 7483 | Gothenburg (GOT) Brussels (BRU) | delayed | Claim Refund |
25.05.202518:05 | TAP Air Portugal 7485 | Oslo (OSL) Brussels (BRU) | delayed | Claim Refund |
25.05.202518:00 | TAP Air Portugal 6866 | Zagreb (ZAG) Brussels (BRU) | delayed | Claim Refund |
