Flight delays or cancellations due to airline strikes can be annoying, but there is good news for travelers. There is a law called EU 261 that protects you. It stipulates that airlines have to issue compensation if your flight is delayed or cancelled because of a strike. In this article, we will clarify what EU261 is and how it can help you.
Passenger Rights Under EU 261/2004
Now let’s explore the specifics of EU Regulation 261. In the following sections, you will discover your eligibility for compensation and what advantages you can expect in the event of a flight disruption.
Right to Compensation
The European Union regulation stipulates that if you are protected by EU 261, you are entitled to seek compensation if a wildcat or planned strike by airline workers affects your flight. Notably, such situations do not qualify as “extraordinary circumstances” meaning circumstances the airline cannot control.
Flight Cancellation Compensation
Under EU Regulation 261, you may be eligible for compensation of up to €600 if your flight is cancelled and the airline does not notify you of the flight cancellation within 14 days before your planned departure date.
However, as it often happens, there are exceptions you should be aware of. In particular, the airline is entitled to refuse compensation if they decide to offer you an alternative flight. However, this flight must also meet specific requirements:
- If your flight is over 3,500 km, your replacement flight must arrive at the point of destination with a delay of less than 4 hours;
- If your flight is 1,500-3,500 km, your replacement flight must arrive at the point of destination with a delay of less than 3 hours;
- If your flight is less than 1,500 km, your replacement flight must arrive at the point of destination with a delay of less than 2 hours;
If you agreed to the alternative flight proposed by the airline but reached your final destination later than you were supposed to, you are still eligible to claim compensation.
The key factors that affect the amount of compensation are the flight distance and the delay time. See the table below for compensation amounts:
| 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 |
Flight Delay Compensation
Delays due to airline strikes of any duration can be frustrating and may seriously affect your itinerary. You may be eligible for compensation if the flight delay resulting from an airline strike lasts at least three hours.
Concerning the potential compensation amount that passengers could be entitled to, there are two important things to consider: the duration of the delay and the flight distance. Check the table below for compensation 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 |
Ticket Refund or Alternative Transportation
In the rare situations when a passenger’s flight is delayed for 5 or more hours or cancelled, the passenger is entitled to more significant rights. You have two options to select from:
- You can refuse the delayed or cancelled flight and choose a full refund, meaning that you will also cancel your planned trip, and there won’t be a financial penalty for this.
- You can agree to use an alternative flight that the airline arranges for you.
As you can see, you have the right to select the option that meets your needs.
Right to Care
Besides compensation for a disrupted flight due to an airline strike, passengers are also entitled to the right to care. So, the airline must provide passengers with food, drinks, and the opportunity to make two phone calls, fax messages, and emails. When your flight is rescheduled for the next day, the airline is required to provide you with a hotel, as well as transportation to and from the hotel.
Upgrading and Downgrading
Occasionally it happens the airline may either upgrade or downgrade your flight’s class when offering an alternative flight. In such cases, you need to know about specific rules and your rights:
In case of upgrading: if your class has been upgraded, you aren’t required to pay extra for this advantage.
In case of downgrading: if your class is downgraded, the airline is obligated to reimburse you. Again, the compensation in this case is determined by the distance of the flight:
- 30% of the cost of the flights that are 1,500 km or less;
- 50% of the cost of t is an intra-EU flight over 1,500 km; also, if these are all other flights that are 1,500-3,500 km;
- 75% of the cost of the flight is 3,500 km and more.
These regulations cover all flights within the EU; besides, these rules apply to flights that are either departing from or arriving in the European Union on airlines based in the EU.
When Are You Not Entitled to Compensation?
Unfortunately, you should know that in cases when the airline cannot control or prevent the strike, there will be no compensation for passengers. Let’s take an example: any labor dispute can significantly affect aviation (it can be a national labor or air traffic strike); however, such situations are not under the airline’s control, and it’s not its fault that this situation happens. Therefore, the airline is not required to pay compensation for disrupted flights.
Even though many instances of strikes are not covered by EU261 and are classified as “extraordinary circumstances”, this does not automatically mean that the airline will not provide compensation.
In line with the ECJ ruling of 11 June 2020 (Case C-74/19), the airline must prove it has done everything possible to prevent a strike. If the airline cannot prove it, it is obliged to provide passengers compensation for flight disruptions.
Which Flights are Covered by EU 261/2004?
EU 261 applies to all flights departing from airports in the EU. This regulation also extends to flights arriving in the EU if the airline originates in the EU. This includes airlines from EU countries as well as Iceland, Norway, and Switzerland.
However, All Nippon Airways isn’t a European airline. Therefore, they don’t have to issue compensation if their flights operate outside the European Union. This is true even for their flights to the European Union if they start outside the EU.
| Itinerary | Covered by EU 261 |
| Flights departing from EU airports | ✔️ Yes |
| Flights arriving at EU airports | ❌ No |
How to Get All Nippon Airways Strike Compensation
Dealing with cancelled or delayed flights due to strikes is always frustrating. This can ruin not just your trip but also create problems – emotional, financial, etc. To claim compensation for this inconvenience, take the following actions:
- Fill in 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 handle the rest. We are well-versed in the EU laws thoroughly and will make every effort to secure your compensation. You only incur a fee if we win your case.
Recent Flight Delays and Cancellations
Was your flight delayed or cancelled due to the strike? 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.
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| Date | Airline (Flight number) | Route | Status | Your compensation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
10.05.202500:40 | ANA 843 | Tokyo (HND) Singapore (SIN) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202522:55 | ANA 217 | Tokyo (HND) Munich (MUC) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202522:55 | ANA 6251 | Tokyo (HND) Singapore (SIN) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202521:30 | ANA 3893 | Tokyo (HND) Kita Kyushu (KKJ) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202521:20 | ANA 84 | Tokyo (CTS) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202521:10 | ANA 2438 | Nagasaki (NGS) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202521:10 | ANA 98 | Tokyo (KIX) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202520:50 | ANA 272 | Fukuoka (FUK) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202520:45 | ANA 478 | Okinawa (OKA) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202520:35 | ANA 650 | Kumamoto (KMJ) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202520:35 | ANA 759 | Tokyo (HND) Komatsu (KMQ) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202520:30 | ANA 3889 | Tokyo (HND) Kita Kyushu (KKJ) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202520:30 | ANA 82 | Tokyo (CTS) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202520:25 | ANA 2426 | Okinawa (OKA) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202520:15 | ANA 390 | Yonago (YGJ) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202520:15 | ANA 399 | Tokyo (HND) Shonai (SYO) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202520:10 | ANA 618 | Miyazaki (KMI) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202520:05 | ANA 6969 | Tokyo (HND) Seoul (GMP) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202519:55 | ANA 270 | Fukuoka (FUK) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202519:50 | ANA 410 | Akita (AXT) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202519:50 | ANA 2498 | Oita (OIT) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202519:40 | ANA 321 | Tokyo (HND) Toyama (TOY) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202519:35 | ANA 3890 | Kita Kyushu (KKJ) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202519:30 | ANA 4788 | Asahikawa (AKJ) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202519:30 | ANA 78 | Tokyo (CTS) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202519:25 | ANA 670 | Nagasaki (NGS) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202519:20 | ANA 271 | Tokyo (HND) Fukuoka (FUK) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202519:20 | ANA 85 | Tokyo (HND) Nagoya (NGO) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202519:20 | ANA 299 | Tokyo (HND) Tottori (TTJ) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202519:15 | ANA 268 | Fukuoka (FUK) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202519:05 | ANA 649 | Tokyo (HND) Kumamoto (KMJ) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202519:00 | ANA 5332 | Manila (MNL) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202519:00 | ANA 3852 | Fukuoka (FUK) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202518:55 | ANA 629 | Tokyo (HND) Kagoshima (KOJ) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202518:45 | ANA 458 | Saga (HSG) Tokyo (HND) | cancelled | Refunds |
09.05.202518:40 | ANA 2437 | Tokyo (HND) Nagasaki (NGS) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202518:30 | ANA 76 | Tokyo (CTS) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202518:10 | ANA 683 | Tokyo (HND) Hiroshima (HIJ) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202518:10 | ANA 728 | Iwami (IWJ) Tokyo (HND) | cancelled | Refunds |
09.05.202518:00 | ANA 4732 | Tokyo (CTS) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202518:00 | ANA 407 | Tokyo (HND) Akita (AXT) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202517:55 | ANA 3888 | Kita Kyushu (KKJ) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202517:50 | ANA 700 | Ube (UBJ) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202517:45 | ANA 638 | Iwakuni (IWK) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202517:45 | ANA 400 | Shonai (SYO) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202517:40 | ANA 3815 | Tokyo (HND) Ube (UBJ) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202517:40 | ANA 613 | Tokyo (HND) Miyazaki (KMI) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202517:35 | ANA 2497 | Tokyo (HND) Oita (OIT) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202517:30 | ANA 388 | Yonago (YGJ) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202517:25 | ANA 648 | Kumamoto (KMJ) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202517:25 | ANA 285 | Tokyo (HND) Tokushima (TKS) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202517:20 | ANA 5705 | Dalian (DLC) Tianjin (TSN) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202517:15 | ANA 557 | Tokyo (HND) Hakodate (HKD) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202517:15 | ANA 4787 | Tokyo (HND) Asahikawa (AKJ) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202517:05 | ANA 538 | Takamatsu (TAK) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202517:00 | ANA 6574 | Jinan (TNA) Tokyo (KIX) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202517:00 | ANA 756 | Komatsu (KMQ) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202517:00 | ANA 265 | Tokyo (HND) Fukuoka (FUK) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202516:55 | ANA 1097 | Tokyo (HND) Okinawa (OKA) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202516:50 | ANA 755 | Tokyo (HND) Komatsu (KMQ) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202516:50 | ANA 4327 | Kagoshima (KOJ) Tanegashima (TNE) | cancelled | Refunds |
09.05.202516:50 | ANA 34 | Tokyo (ITM) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202516:50 | ANA 2462 | Miyazaki (KMI) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202516:45 | ANA 4779 | Tokyo (HND) Memanbetsu (MMB) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202516:45 | ANA 4697 | Fukuoka (FUK) Fukue (FUJ) | cancelled | Refunds |
09.05.202516:40 | ANA 297 | Tokyo (HND) Tottori (TTJ) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202516:40 | ANA 472 | Okinawa (OKA) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202516:40 | ANA 596 | Matsuyama (MYJ) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202516:35 | ANA 667 | Tokyo (HND) Nagasaki (NGS) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202516:35 | ANA 4677 | Nagasaki (NGS) Fukue (FUJ) | cancelled | Refunds |
09.05.202516:30 | ANA 628 | Kagoshima (KOJ) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202516:30 | ANA 1095 | Tokyo (HND) Okinawa (OKA) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202516:25 | ANA 319 | Tokyo (HND) Toyama (TOY) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202516:25 | ANA 723 | Tokyo (HND) Odate Noshiro (ONJ) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202516:25 | ANA 3886 | Kita Kyushu (KKJ) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202516:20 | ANA 260 | Fukuoka (FUK) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202516:20 | ANA 263 | Tokyo (HND) Fukuoka (FUK) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202516:20 | ANA 5824 | Taipei (TSA) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202516:05 | ANA 992 | Tokyo (KIX) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202516:00 | ANA 1895 | Tokyo (HND) Hachijo Jima (HAC) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202516:00 | ANA 32 | Tokyo (ITM) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202516:00 | ANA 408 | Akita (AXT) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202516:00 | ANA 397 | Tokyo (HND) Shonai (SYO) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202515:55 | ANA 614 | Miyazaki (KMI) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202515:55 | ANA 4341 | Kagoshima (KOJ) Kikaiga Shima (KKX) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202515:55 | ANA 3851 | Tokyo (HND) Fukuoka (FUK) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202515:55 | ANA 3850 | Fukuoka (FUK) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202515:45 | ANA 6970 | Seoul (GMP) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202515:40 | ANA 456 | Saga (HSG) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202515:40 | ANA 2478 | Kagoshima (KOJ) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202515:35 | ANA 680 | Hiroshima (HIJ) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202515:35 | ANA 92 | Ishigaki (ISG) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202515:35 | ANA 2436 | Nagasaki (NGS) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202515:30 | ANA 68 | Tokyo (CTS) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202515:25 | ANA 2424 | Okinawa (OKA) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202515:25 | ANA 284 | Tokushima (TKS) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202515:25 | ANA 385 | Tokyo (HND) Yonago (YGJ) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202515:20 | ANA 298 | Tottori (TTJ) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202515:15 | ANA 258 | Fukuoka (FUK) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
09.05.202515:10 | ANA 470 | Okinawa (OKA) Tokyo (HND) | delayed | Refunds |
