Handling flight disruptions can be very annoying. However, the positive thing is that the European Union has regulations to assist travelers when things go wrong. If you’re taking a plane in the EU, it’s smart to be aware of these protections. They can come in handy if your flight is disrupted.
Understanding your rights can make dealing with travel problems much easier. 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
When you’re flying in the European Union, rest assured that there’s assistance available in the case of a flight disruption. EU laws guarantee airlines look after their passengers when things go wrong.
When flights are delayed or cancelled, airlines must offer you:
- Meals and beverages
- A hotel room if you’re stuck overnight
- Transportation to and from the hotel
- Two free phone calls, emails, or faxes
If you’re experiencing a significant delay or your flight is cancelled, you might also receive:
- A refund
- An alternative flight
- Compensation to make up for the trouble
Remember to ask airline workers about these things if your plans change. They are obligated to tell you about your rights when there’s a significant delay or cancellation.
Wizz Air Flight Delay Compensation
Travel setbacks from Wizz Air can be very frustrating. However there’s some good news: if you’re stranded for more than three hours owing 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 be eligible for up to €600 per person. What matters is when you reach your destination, not when you leave. So pay attention to your arrival time if you want to seek flight delay compensation.
How much you get depends on your flight distance. A short flight won’t be compensated as highly as a long one, even if they’re both delayed the same amount of time.
Want to know exactly how much you could get? Check out the table below to see how much money you might get:
| 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 |
Wizz Air Flight Cancellation Compensation
The European Union has regulations to help you in case of flight cancellation. Here’s what you need to know:
If your flight is cancelled within two weeks of your planned travel date, you could be eligible for compensation of up to €600. But keep in mind – the airline doesn’t have to pay if they rebook you on a different flight that doesn’t significantly disrupt your travel.
The airline can avoid paying you if they provide an alternative 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 choose to board another flight from the airline, you can still receive compensation. What matters most is when you reach your final destination.
The amount you could receive is determined by two factors:
- How far you’re flying
- The delay in your arrival
Therefore, even if the new flight doesn’t get there on time, you might still get some compensation.
Look at the following table 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 arrive shortly after the scheduled time, you might not be eligible for flight cancellation compensation.
How to Claim Compensation from Wizz Air
It’s important to understand how to claim the compensation you deserve under EU Regulation 261/2004. Here’s the process:
- Complete this form. You’ll need to provide details including your flight number, date, and the problem you faced.
- Let our experts help you. Once you submit the form, our team will take over. We are well-versed in the EU laws well and will do our best to get you your compensation. You are only charged if we win your case.
Keep in mind that you have the right as a passenger to claim compensation for a cancelled or delayed flight. No matter whether your flight was delayed as a result of operational reasons or mechanical problems, if it was not caused by extraordinary circumstances like severe weather or air traffic control decisions, you have a right to compensation.
Which Wizz Air Flights are Covered by EU261?
The air passenger protection regulations of the European Union are far-reaching. They apply to all flights departing from an airport in an EU member state and any flight coming into an airport in an EU member state provided the airline is based in the EU.
| Itinerary | Covered by EU 261 |
| Flights departing EU airports | ✅ Covered |
| Flights arriving at EU airports | ✅ Covered |
These laws also apply to airlines from Switzerland, Iceland, and Norway. This means if you’re flying with any airline within, to, or from Europe, you probably have these rights. It’s important to know about these regulations – they’re there to support you if something goes wrong with your flight. They ensure you’re not left on your own when your travel plans don’t work out.
When You Are Not Entitled to Compensation
Wizz Air isn’t necessarily responsible when flights are delayed or cancelled. At times, situations arise that the airline can’t control, like really bad weather or unforeseen issues.
For instance, if there’s an abrupt major weather event, an emergency at the airport, or air traffic controllers go on strike, Wizz Air is not liable. These are called “extraordinary circumstances” that the airline can’t do anything about.
When these things happen, you are unlikely to get any compensation. The airline isn’t viewed as doing anything wrong when these unforeseen difficulties occur.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
09.05.202513:30 | Wizz Air 3563 | Timisoara (TSR) Barcelona (BCN) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202510:35 | Wizz Air 6315 | Rome (MXP) Barcelona (BCN) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202509:20 | Wizz Air 1812 | Barcelona (BCN) Wroclaw (WRO) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202509:20 | Wizz Air 1476 | Barcelona (BCN) Warsaw (WAW) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202509:20 | Wizz Air 1812 | Barcelona (BCN) Wroclaw (WRO) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202508:55 | Wizz Air 3176 | Barcelona (BCN) Bucharest (OTP) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202506:45 | Wizz Air 2375 | Budapest (BUD) Barcelona (BCN) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202506:15 | Wizz Air 5481 | London (LTN) Chisinau (RMO) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202506:00 | Wizz Air 1811 | Wroclaw (WRO) Barcelona (BCN) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202506:00 | Wizz Air 3175 | Bucharest (OTP) Barcelona (BCN) | delayed | Refunds |
08.05.202514:15 | Wizz Air 4520 | Hamburg (HAM) Varna (VAR) | delayed | Refunds |
08.05.202513:05 | Wizz Air 2033 | Krakow (KRK) Oslo (OSL) | delayed | Refunds |
08.05.202511:15 | Wizz Air 2327 | Budapest (BUD) Tel Aviv Yafo (TLV) | cancelled | Refunds |
08.05.202511:10 | Wizz Air 2098 | Tel Aviv Yafo (TLV) Krakow (KRK) | cancelled | Refunds |
08.05.202510:40 | Wizz Air 2452 | Larnaca (LCA) Budapest (BUD) | delayed | Refunds |
08.05.202510:30 | Wizz Air 2326 | Tel Aviv Yafo (TLV) Budapest (BUD) | cancelled | Refunds |
08.05.202510:05 | Wizz Air 2442 | Athens (ATH) Budapest (BUD) | delayed | Refunds |
08.05.202509:55 | Wizz Air 4279 | Tuzla (TZL) Memmingen (FMM) | delayed | Refunds |
08.05.202509:50 | Wizz Air 2368 | Paris (ORY) Budapest (BUD) | delayed | Refunds |
08.05.202509:10 | Wizz Air 2272 | Eindhoven (EIN) Budapest (BUD) | delayed | Refunds |
08.05.202508:45 | Wizz Air 2060 | Bologna (BLQ) Krakow (KRK) | delayed | Refunds |
08.05.202508:30 | Wizz Air 3332 | Paris (BVA) Cluj-Napoca (CLJ) | delayed | Refunds |
08.05.202508:30 | Wizz Air 2202 | London (LTN) Budapest (BUD) | delayed | Refunds |
08.05.202506:45 | Wizz Air 3051 | Bucharest (OTP) Paris (BVA) | delayed | Refunds |
08.05.202506:15 | Wizz Air 2441 | Budapest (BUD) Athens (ATH) | delayed | Refunds |
08.05.202505:35 | Wizz Air 2097 | Krakow (KRK) Tel Aviv Yafo (TLV) | cancelled | Refunds |
08.05.202505:20 | Wizz Air 2325 | Budapest (BUD) Tel Aviv Yafo (TLV) | cancelled | Refunds |
08.05.202502:40 | Wizz Air | Budapest (BUD) Chisinau (RMO) | delayed | Refunds |
07.05.202515:50 | Wizz Air 3902 | London (LTN) Bacau (BCM) | delayed | Refunds |
07.05.202515:25 | Wizz Air 2076 | Eindhoven (EIN) Krakow (KRK) | delayed | Refunds |
07.05.202514:40 | Wizz Air | London (LTN) London (LGW) | delayed | Refunds |
07.05.202514:25 | Wizz Air 2004 | London (LTN) Krakow (KRK) | delayed | Refunds |
07.05.202514:25 | Wizz Air 2004 | London (LTN) Krakow (KRK) | delayed | Refunds |
07.05.202514:10 | Wizz Air 3004 | London (LTN) Bucharest (OTP) | delayed | Refunds |
07.05.202508:30 | Wizz Air 2202 | London (LTN) Budapest (BUD) | delayed | Refunds |
07.05.202508:30 | Wizz Air 1602 | London (LTN) Gdansk (GDN) | delayed | Refunds |
07.05.202506:10 | Wizz Air 6339 | Rome (MXP) Paris (BVA) | delayed | Refunds |
06.05.202517:55 | Wizz Air 2720 | Larnaca (LCA) Debrecen (DEB) | delayed | Refunds |
06.05.202517:55 | Wizz Air 5120 | Stuttgart (STR) Tirana (TIA) | delayed | Refunds |
06.05.202514:35 | Wizz Air 3950 | Paris (BVA) Chisinau (RMO) | delayed | Refunds |
06.05.202511:05 | Wizz Air 2098 | Tel Aviv Yafo (TLV) Krakow (KRK) | cancelled | Refunds |
06.05.202505:40 | Wizz Air 2097 | Krakow (KRK) Tel Aviv Yafo (TLV) | cancelled | Refunds |
06.05.202505:30 | Wizz Air 2325 | Budapest (BUD) Tel Aviv Yafo (TLV) | cancelled | Refunds |
05.05.202522:00 | Wizz Air 2499 | Budapest (BUD) (GYD) | delayed | Refunds |
05.05.202522:00 | Wizz Air 2234 | Tirana (TIA) Budapest (BUD) | delayed | Refunds |
05.05.202521:45 | Wizz Air 2338 | Rome (MXP) Budapest (BUD) | delayed | Refunds |
05.05.202521:45 | Wizz Air 2342 | Rome (FCO) Budapest (BUD) | delayed | Refunds |
05.05.202521:25 | Wizz Air 2062 | Rome (FCO) Krakow (KRK) | delayed | Refunds |
05.05.202521:20 | Wizz Air 2498 | Dubai (DXB) Budapest (BUD) | delayed | Refunds |
05.05.202520:55 | Wizz Air 2404 | Stockholm (ARN) Budapest (BUD) | delayed | Refunds |
05.05.202520:30 | Wizz Air 2394 | Lisbon (LIS) Budapest (BUD) | delayed | Refunds |
05.05.202520:15 | Wizz Air 2372 | Madrid (MAD) Budapest (BUD) | delayed | Refunds |
05.05.202519:55 | Wizz Air 2094 | Abu Dhabi (AUH) Krakow (KRK) | delayed | Refunds |
05.05.202519:30 | Wizz Air 3292 | Budapest (BUD) Bucharest (BBU) | delayed | Refunds |
05.05.202519:25 | Wizz Air 2206 | London (LTN) Budapest (BUD) | delayed | Refunds |
05.05.202518:40 | Wizz Air 2061 | Krakow (KRK) Rome (FCO) | delayed | Refunds |
05.05.202517:55 | Wizz Air 2403 | Budapest (BUD) Stockholm (ARN) | delayed | Refunds |
05.05.202517:50 | Wizz Air 2398 | Funchal (FNC) Budapest (BUD) | delayed | Refunds |
05.05.202517:45 | Wizz Air 2052 | Larnaca (LCA) Krakow (KRK) | delayed | Refunds |
05.05.202517:00 | Wizz Air 2274 | Eindhoven (EIN) Budapest (BUD) | delayed | Refunds |
05.05.202516:25 | Wizz Air 2328 | Tel Aviv Yafo (TLV) Budapest (BUD) | cancelled | Refunds |
05.05.202516:05 | Wizz Air 5039 | Tirana (TIA) Rome (TSF) | delayed | Refunds |
05.05.202515:55 | Wizz Air 3564 | Barcelona (BCN) Timisoara (TSR) | delayed | Refunds |
05.05.202515:55 | Wizz Air 2296 | Memmingen (FMM) Budapest (BUD) | delayed | Refunds |
05.05.202515:40 | Wizz Air 2204 | London (LTN) Budapest (BUD) | delayed | Refunds |
05.05.202515:10 | Wizz Air 2486 | Tirgu Mures (TGM) Budapest (BUD) | delayed | Refunds |
05.05.202514:00 | Wizz Air 4739 | Skopje (SKP) Berlin (BER) | delayed | Refunds |
05.05.202513:55 | Wizz Air 3391 | Cluj-Napoca (CLJ) Rome (TSF) | delayed | Refunds |
05.05.202513:30 | Wizz Air 2334 | Rome (MXP) Budapest (BUD) | delayed | Refunds |
05.05.202513:30 | Wizz Air 3167 | Bucharest (OTP) Bari (BRI) | delayed | Refunds |
05.05.202513:25 | Wizz Air 2033 | Krakow (KRK) Oslo (OSL) | delayed | Refunds |
05.05.202513:25 | Wizz Air 4361 | Sofia (SOF) Bari (BRI) | delayed | Refunds |
05.05.202513:20 | Wizz Air 3532 | Dortmund (DTM) Timisoara (TSR) | delayed | Refunds |
05.05.202513:00 | Wizz Air 2397 | Budapest (BUD) Funchal (FNC) | delayed | Refunds |
05.05.202513:00 | Wizz Air 2051 | Krakow (KRK) Larnaca (LCA) | delayed | Refunds |
05.05.202511:45 | Wizz Air 2360 | Napoli (NAP) Budapest (BUD) | delayed | Refunds |
05.05.202511:15 | Wizz Air 2327 | Budapest (BUD) Tel Aviv Yafo (TLV) | cancelled | Refunds |
05.05.202511:10 | Wizz Air 2333 | Budapest (BUD) Rome (MXP) | delayed | Refunds |
05.05.202510:35 | Wizz Air 2442 | Athens (ATH) Budapest (BUD) | delayed | Refunds |
05.05.202510:10 | Wizz Air 2376 | Barcelona (BCN) Budapest (BUD) | delayed | Refunds |
05.05.202509:50 | Wizz Air 2368 | Paris (ORY) Budapest (BUD) | delayed | Refunds |
05.05.202509:00 | Wizz Air 2048 | Barcelona (BCN) Krakow (KRK) | delayed | Refunds |
05.05.202508:25 | Wizz Air 2002 | London (LTN) Krakow (KRK) | delayed | Refunds |
05.05.202508:25 | Wizz Air 2072 | Nice (NCE) Krakow (KRK) | delayed | Refunds |
05.05.202508:00 | Wizz Air 3502 | London (LTN) Timisoara (TSR) | delayed | Refunds |
05.05.202507:25 | Wizz Air 4731 | Skopje (SKP) Zurich (BSL) | delayed | Refunds |
05.05.202506:00 | Wizz Air 2043 | Krakow (KRK) Stavanger (SVG) | delayed | Refunds |
05.05.202505:30 | Wizz Air 2325 | Budapest (BUD) Tel Aviv Yafo (TLV) | cancelled | Refunds |
04.05.202522:30 | Wizz Air 2252 | Copenhagen (CPH) Budapest (BUD) | delayed | Refunds |
04.05.202521:30 | Wizz Air 2358 | Abu Dhabi (AUH) Budapest (BUD) | delayed | Refunds |
04.05.202521:20 | Wizz Air 3268 | Dubai (DXB) Bucharest (OTP) | delayed | Refunds |
04.05.202520:55 | Wizz Air 2404 | Stockholm (ARN) Budapest (BUD) | delayed | Refunds |
04.05.202520:25 | Wizz Air 3524 | Brussels (CRL) Timisoara (TSR) | delayed | Refunds |
04.05.202519:55 | Wizz Air 4515 | Varna (VAR) Berlin (BER) | delayed | Refunds |
04.05.202519:20 | Wizz Air 2494 | Canary (TFS) Budapest (BUD) | delayed | Refunds |
04.05.202519:15 | Wizz Air 4010 | Berlin (BER) Belgrade (BEG) | delayed | Refunds |
04.05.202518:05 | Wizz Air 2009 | Krakow (KRK) London (LGW) | delayed | Refunds |
04.05.202517:10 | Wizz Air 2328 | Tel Aviv Yafo (TLV) Budapest (BUD) | cancelled | Refunds |
04.05.202517:00 | Wizz Air 2205 | Budapest (BUD) London (LTN) | delayed | Refunds |
04.05.202516:55 | Wizz Air 4009 | Belgrade (BEG) Berlin (BER) | delayed | Refunds |
