Cancelled and delayed flights are the most frequent issues faced by travelers. Luckily, the European Union has EU 261 regulation, which ensures that you, as a passenger, are not left in a difficult situation and that your rights are protected. The EU 261/2004 specifies the situations when passengers are entitled to compensation and assistance in cases of flight disruption.
Here, you will discover everything you need to know about European Union Regulation 261 and in which situations you are entitled to compensation.
Passenger Rights under EU 261/2004
Under EU Regulation 261, passengers arriving at Tampa International Airport from EU countries or departing from Tampa International Airport to anywhere on flights operated by airlines from the EU have certain rights. These rights include:
- Food and drinks: Airlines must provide proper meals and beverages during the waiting period.
- Access to means of communication: Passengers should be offered two free phone calls, emails, or faxes.
- Hotel accommodation if necessary: If an overnight stay is needed, the airline must provide accommodation and transportation to and from the hotel.
- Ticket refund or alternative flight: Travelers have the option to select from a full refund of their ticket or rebooking on an alternative flight to their final destination.
- Compensation: Based on the flight distance and length of delay, passengers might be entitled to financial compensation ranging from €250 to €600.
Tampa International Airport Flight Delay Compensation
Passengers encountering flight delays at Tampa International Airport may be eligible for compensation of up to 600 euros per person, especially if the delay lasts longer than three hours. The eligibility for compensation is determined by the reason for the delay and whether it adheres to UK and EU laws. The amount of compensation is based on the time of arrival at the destination rather than departure time and is influenced by the distance of the flight and the length of the delay.
| 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 |
Keep in mind that airlines are not required to provide compensation for flight delays resulting from extraordinary circumstances outside their control.
Tampa International Airport Flight Cancellation Compensation
In the event of a flight cancellation causing inconvenience at the Tampa International Airport, under EU 261/2004, passengers may receive compensation of up to €600 if the airline informs them of the cancellation less than 14 days before departure.
However, there are exceptions to this regulation. The airline may be exempt from compensating passengers if it provides an alternative flight that meets certain criteria, letting you arrive at your destination with the minimal delay possible:
| 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 |
Financial compensation may still be available even though you accept an alternative flight, provided your arrival at the final destination is significantly delayed. The compensation amount is determined by the flight distance and the length of the delay. You can check the table below to figure out the amount of compensation you are entitled to:
| 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 |
Keep in mind that airlines typically don’t offer compensation for flight cancellations caused by extraordinary circumstances beyond their control, such as extreme weather conditions or air traffic control strikes.
Which Tampa International Airport Flights are Covered by EU261?
While Tampa International Airport is not within the EU, EU Regulation 261/2004 could still cover some flights. Passengers arriving at Tampa International Airport from EU countries or departing from Tampa International Airport to anywhere on flights operated by airlines from the EU are protected by EU 261/2004.
Thus, despite their geographic location beyond the EU, certain flights from Tampa International Airport may be subject to European regulations if they are operated by airlines from the European Union.
| Itinerary | EU Airline | Non-EU Airline |
| Departures from Tampa International Airport to anywhere | Yes | No |
| Arrivals at Tampa International Airport from inside the EU | Yes | No |
| Arrivals at Tampa International Airport from outside the EU | No | No |
How to Claim Compensation from Tampa International Airport
Flight delays and cancellations often occur due to factors such as extreme weather conditions, air traffic congestion, technical problems, or staffing issues. If you experience a flight disruption at Tampa International Airport, you may be entitled to compensation under EU 261/2004.
To initiate a compensation claim, take the following steps:
- Fill in this form. You’ll need to provide details such as your flight number, date, and the problem you faced.
- Let our experts help you. Once you submit the form, our team will manage the process. We know the EU laws well and will do our best to get you your compensation. You are only charged if we win your case.
Recent Flight Delays and Cancellations
Was your flight delayed or cancelled? Find your flight in the table below and use our claims checker to see if you are eligible for compensation.
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| Date | Flight number | Route | Status | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
06.07.202513:25 | Frontier Airlines 1244 | Tampa International (TPA) Buffalo Niagara International (BUF) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
06.07.202510:40 | empty | Tampa International (TPA) () | Delayed | Claim Refund |
06.07.202507:09 | American Airlines 2538 | Tampa International (TPA) Charlotte Douglas (CLT) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
06.07.202507:05 | Delta Air Lines 2263 | Tampa International (TPA) Minneapolis – St. Paul International (MSP) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
06.07.202507:05 | WestJet 6620 | Tampa International (TPA) Minneapolis – St. Paul International (MSP) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
06.07.202507:00 | United Airlines 1744 | Tampa International (TPA) San Francisco International (SFO) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
06.07.202507:00 | Virgin Australia 8314 | Tampa International (TPA) San Francisco International (SFO) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
06.07.202506:35 | Southwest Airlines 2086 | Tampa International (TPA) Port Columbus International (CMH) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
06.07.202506:00 | Spirit Airlines 2311 | Tampa International (TPA) Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County (DTT) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
06.07.202502:00 | Aero Charter 8 | Tampa International (TPA) Spirit Of St Louis (STL) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
05.07.202519:14 | United Airlines 794 | Tampa International (TPA) San Francisco International (SFO) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
05.07.202519:14 | Virgin Australia 8295 | Tampa International (TPA) San Francisco International (SFO) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
05.07.202519:14 | Air New Zealand 2222 | Tampa International (TPA) San Francisco International (SFO) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
05.07.202519:05 | Southwest Airlines 3478 | Tampa International (TPA) Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
05.07.202518:20 | empty | Tampa International (TPA) Page Field (FMY) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
05.07.202517:44 | Lufthansa 7974 | Tampa International (TPA) Newark Liberty International (EWR) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
05.07.202517:44 | Air Canada 3255 | Tampa International (TPA) Newark Liberty International (EWR) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
05.07.202517:44 | United Airlines 472 | Tampa International (TPA) Newark Liberty International (EWR) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
05.07.202517:35 | Air France 9104 | Tampa International (TPA) Schiphol (AMS) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
05.07.202517:35 | KLM 6105 | Tampa International (TPA) Schiphol (AMS) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
05.07.202517:35 | Delta Air Lines 236 | Tampa International (TPA) Schiphol (AMS) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
05.07.202517:35 | Virgin Atlantic 3728 | Tampa International (TPA) Schiphol (AMS) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
05.07.202516:53 | Gulf Air 6816 | Tampa International (TPA) Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
05.07.202516:53 | American Airlines 1070 | Tampa International (TPA) Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
05.07.202516:53 | Qatar Airways 2931 | Tampa International (TPA) Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
05.07.202516:10 | Frontier Airlines 1244 | Tampa International (TPA) Buffalo Niagara International (BUF) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
05.07.202516:03 | TAP Air Portugal 8567 | Tampa International (TPA) Newark Liberty International (EWR) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
05.07.202516:03 | United Airlines 1393 | Tampa International (TPA) Newark Liberty International (EWR) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
05.07.202516:03 | Air Canada 3252 | Tampa International (TPA) Newark Liberty International (EWR) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
05.07.202516:03 | Lufthansa 7700 | Tampa International (TPA) Newark Liberty International (EWR) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
05.07.202515:40 | Southwest Airlines 2026 | Tampa International (TPA) Nashville International (BNA) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
05.07.202515:00 | empty | Tampa International (TPA) Hilton Head (HHH) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
05.07.202511:40 | SelectJet 169 | Tampa International (TPA) Dekalb-Peachtree (ATL) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
05.07.202509:17 | Delta Air Lines 1279 | Tampa International (TPA) Raleigh-durham International Airport (RDU) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
05.07.202509:17 | Air France 2108 | Tampa International (TPA) Raleigh-durham International Airport (RDU) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
05.07.202507:15 | Breeze Airways 128 | Tampa International (TPA) Norfolk International Airport (ORF) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
05.07.202506:20 | Frontier Airlines 200 | Tampa International (TPA) () | Delayed | Claim Refund |
05.07.202505:10 | Southwest Airlines 178 | Tampa International (TPA) Buffalo Niagara International (BUF) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
04.07.202513:40 | Copa Airlines 2835 | Tampa International (TPA) Washington Dulles International (WAS) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
04.07.202513:40 | Lufthansa 7999 | Tampa International (TPA) Washington Dulles International (WAS) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
04.07.202513:40 | Brussels Airlines 8856 | Tampa International (TPA) Washington Dulles International (WAS) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
04.07.202513:40 | United Airlines 326 | Tampa International (TPA) Washington Dulles International (WAS) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
04.07.202513:40 | Austrian 7924 | Tampa International (TPA) Washington Dulles International (WAS) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
04.07.202512:55 | Southwest Airlines 3922 | Tampa International (TPA) Jose Marti International (HAV) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
04.07.202512:55 | JetBlue Airways 48 | Tampa International (TPA) LaGuardia (NYC) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
04.07.202510:09 | American Airlines 2814 | Tampa International (TPA) Miami International Airport (MIA) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
04.07.202510:09 | Iberia 4214 | Tampa International (TPA) Miami International Airport (MIA) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
04.07.202510:09 | Qatar Airways 7984 | Tampa International (TPA) Miami International Airport (MIA) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
04.07.202510:00 | empty | Tampa International (TPA) () | Delayed | Claim Refund |
04.07.202509:55 | Southwest Airlines 1314 | Tampa International (TPA) Luis Munoz Marin International (SJU) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
04.07.202509:55 | Southwest Airlines 3952 | Tampa International (TPA) Jose Marti International (HAV) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
04.07.202508:30 | empty | Tampa International (TPA) Great Harbour (GHC) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
04.07.202508:00 | Breeze Airways 120 | Tampa International (TPA) () | Delayed | Claim Refund |
04.07.202507:14 | Delta Air Lines 538 | Tampa International (TPA) Los Angeles International (LAX) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
04.07.202507:14 | Korean Air 7476 | Tampa International (TPA) Los Angeles International (LAX) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
04.07.202507:14 | Air France 2456 | Tampa International (TPA) Los Angeles International (LAX) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
04.07.202507:14 | WestJet 8343 | Tampa International (TPA) Los Angeles International (LAX) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
04.07.202507:14 | China Eastern Airlines 8818 | Tampa International (TPA) Los Angeles International (LAX) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
04.07.202507:14 | LATAM Airlines 6659 | Tampa International (TPA) Los Angeles International (LAX) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
04.07.202507:00 | Frontier Airlines 9469 | Tampa International (TPA) Austin-bergstrom International (AUS) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
04.07.202507:00 | Virgin Australia 8314 | Tampa International (TPA) San Francisco International (SFO) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
04.07.202507:00 | United Airlines 1744 | Tampa International (TPA) San Francisco International (SFO) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
04.07.202506:20 | Frontier Airlines 122 | Tampa International (TPA) () | Delayed | Claim Refund |
03.07.202521:24 | Frontier Airlines 1216 | Tampa International (TPA) Logan International (BOS) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
03.07.202519:56 | Hawaiian Airlines 2480 | Tampa International (TPA) Logan International (BOS) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
03.07.202513:10 | Spirit Airlines 2032 | Tampa International (TPA) Nashville International (BNA) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
03.07.202513:10 | Spirit Airlines 2032 | Tampa International (TPA) Nashville International (BNA) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
03.07.202512:55 | JetBlue Airways 48 | Tampa International (TPA) LaGuardia (NYC) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
03.07.202512:47 | Air France 3533 | Tampa International (TPA) Hartsfield-jackson Atlanta International (ATL) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
03.07.202512:47 | KLM 5447 | Tampa International (TPA) Hartsfield-jackson Atlanta International (ATL) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
03.07.202512:47 | Delta Air Lines 1587 | Tampa International (TPA) Hartsfield-jackson Atlanta International (ATL) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
03.07.202512:47 | Aeromexico 4346 | Tampa International (TPA) Hartsfield-jackson Atlanta International (ATL) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
03.07.202512:47 | LATAM Airlines 6498 | Tampa International (TPA) Hartsfield-jackson Atlanta International (ATL) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
03.07.202512:45 | Southwest Airlines 1318 | Tampa International (TPA) Nashville International (BNA) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
03.07.202512:45 | Southwest Airlines 1318 | Tampa International (TPA) Nashville International (BNA) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
03.07.202512:30 | American Airlines 3821 | Tampa International (TPA) Nashville International (BNA) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
03.07.202512:30 | American Airlines 3821 | Tampa International (TPA) Nashville International (BNA) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
03.07.202512:30 | empty | Tampa International (TPA) Kissimmee Gateway (ISM) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
03.07.202512:12 | Iberia 4780 | Tampa International (TPA) Charlotte Douglas (CLT) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
03.07.202512:12 | American Airlines 2710 | Tampa International (TPA) Charlotte Douglas (CLT) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
03.07.202512:11 | KLM 7181 | Tampa International (TPA) Minneapolis – St. Paul International (MSP) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
03.07.202512:11 | WestJet 5564 | Tampa International (TPA) Minneapolis – St. Paul International (MSP) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
03.07.202512:11 | Delta Air Lines 1850 | Tampa International (TPA) Minneapolis – St. Paul International (MSP) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
03.07.202512:11 | Virgin Atlantic 3519 | Tampa International (TPA) Minneapolis – St. Paul International (MSP) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
03.07.202512:10 | Air Canada Rouge 1617 | Tampa International (TPA) Pierre Elliott Trudeau International (YMQ) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
03.07.202511:53 | Sun Country Airlines 214 | Tampa International (TPA) Minneapolis – St. Paul International (MSP) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
03.07.202511:51 | American Airlines 3096 | Tampa International (TPA) LaGuardia (NYC) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
03.07.202511:49 | Volaris 2224 | Tampa International (TPA) () | Delayed | Claim Refund |
03.07.202511:49 | Frontier Airlines 1415 | Tampa International (TPA) () | Delayed | Claim Refund |
03.07.202511:25 | Southwest Airlines 4244 | Tampa International (TPA) Lambert-St. Louis International (STL) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
03.07.202511:20 | Southwest Airlines 3933 | Tampa International (TPA) Midway (CHI) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
03.07.202511:18 | American Airlines 2775 | Tampa International (TPA) () | Delayed | Claim Refund |
03.07.202511:15 | empty | Tampa International (TPA) St Augustine (UST) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
03.07.202511:00 | Jet OUT 824 | Tampa International (TPA) Cyril E King Airport (STT) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
03.07.202510:59 | LATAM Airlines 6811 | Tampa International (TPA) John F Kennedy International (NYC) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
03.07.202510:59 | Air France 3717 | Tampa International (TPA) John F Kennedy International (NYC) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
03.07.202510:59 | El Al 4460 | Tampa International (TPA) John F Kennedy International (NYC) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
03.07.202510:59 | SAS 3439 | Tampa International (TPA) John F Kennedy International (NYC) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
03.07.202510:59 | Virgin Atlantic 4792 | Tampa International (TPA) John F Kennedy International (NYC) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
03.07.202510:59 | Delta Air Lines 2042 | Tampa International (TPA) John F Kennedy International (NYC) | Delayed | Claim Refund |
