Compensation and Reimbursement for Spring Airlines Strike

Yurii Semikopenko
04.09.2024

Flight delays or cancellations caused by an airline strike can seriously disrupt travel plans. Fortunately, in many cases, passengers are protected by EU261 regulation. This regulation defines the rules for compensation and assistance for travelers when facing airline strikes. In this article, we will look at your rights as a passenger and the process of claiming compensation from the airline.

When Are You Entitled to Spring Airlines Strike Compensation?

EU Regulation 261/2004 protects travelers affected by airline strikes. This legislation obliges the airline to issue compensation in the event of a standard crew strike and a “wildcat” strike. These labor disputes are considered part of operational problems, consequently, the airline is responsible for them.

It is crucial to understand that the situation with compensation is complex. Some strikes may qualify for the “extraordinary circumstances” exception. These include strikes by baggage handlers, fire crews, ground personnel, etc. When faced with disruptions due to these ground crew members, the chances of receiving compensation may be significantly reduced. It is crucial to identify exactly which staff is involved in the strike. This directly impacts your eligibility for compensation.

Flight Cancellation Compensation

In the event of flight cancellation due to a strike, the airline must notify passengers of the cancellation at least 14 days before the scheduled departure. If the airline doesn’t inform you during the specified period, it is obliged to pay compensation to passengers in the amount of up to 600 euros.

It is important to note that the airline is not obligated to pay compensation by providing you with an alternative flight to your final destination. However, if the alternative flight results in a later arrival at the final destination, passengers could be entitled to compensation. The amount of compensation is based on the duration of the delay and the distance of the flight, as displayed in the table:

Under 2 hours2-3 hours3-4 hoursOver 4 hoursNever arrivedDistance
€125€250€250€250€250All flights 1,500 km or less
€200€200€400€400€400Internal EU flights over 1,500 km
€200€200€400€400€400Non-internal EU flights 1,500 km- 3,500 km
€300€300€300€600€600Non-internal EU flights over 3,500 km

Flight Delay Compensation

Under the EU261 regulation, if your flight is delayed and you reach your final destination more than 3 hours later than scheduled, you are entitled to compensation of up to €600 per passenger. It’s crucial to understand that the duration of the delay depends solely on when you arrive at your final destination, not on how late the plane took off.

The amount of compensation depends on the distance of the flight and the duration of the delay:

Less than 3 hoursBetween 3-4 hoursOver 4 hoursDistance
€0€250€250All flights up to 1500 km
€0€400€400All flights between 1500 km and 3500 km
€0€400€400All intra-EU flights over 3500 km
€0€300€600All non-EU flights over 3500 km

Requirements for Spring Airlines Strike Compensation

When a travel disruption occurs, passengers may be entitled to compensation, but specific requirements must be met. It is important to understand these criteria to effectively manage the compensation process:

  • Your flight must be covered by the EU261 regulation. This covers all flights leaving from EU airports, regardless of the airline. It also covers flights arriving in the EU, but only when handled by an EU-based airline.
  • A flight delay or cancellation has significantly disrupted your travel plans. This means your flight was delayed by 3 hours or more at the final destination, or it was cancelled with fewer than fourteen days’ notice before the scheduled departure.
  • You must have a valid reservation and be prepared to travel. This includes having a confirmed booking and all essential travel documents ready (passport, visas).
  • You need to get to the airport on time. Check-in within the time specified by your airline. If a time isn’t specified, arrive at least 45 minutes before the scheduled departure to stay eligible for compensation.

In case you believe you meet these criteria following a Spring Airlines strike, it’s advisable to document your experience thoroughly and get in touch directly with the airline about your compensation claim. Understanding your rights and responsibilities is the first step towards potentially obtaining compensation for an airline strike.

How to Claim Spring Airlines Strike Compensation

Dealing with cancelled or delayed flights due to strikes is always frustrating. Such situations can spoil your trip but also create problems – emotional, financial, etc. To claim compensation for this inconvenience, proceed with these steps:

  1. Complete this form. You’ll need to provide details including your flight number, date, and the problem you faced.
  2. Let our experts help you. Once you submit the form, our team will manage the process. We are well-versed in the EU laws well and will do our best to secure your compensation. You only incur a fee if we win your case.

By following these steps, you will secure the compensation you are entitled to under EU law.

Other Rights in Case of a Flight Strike

In addition to compensation, passengers need to know about certain services they can expect to receive from the airline in the event of a flight disruption. These services aim to reduce inconveniences and give some comfort to passengers during delays or cancellations. Keep in mind that the services we are describing below are a part of the airline company’s duty to care for each passenger.

Right to Care

If the flight delay is 2+ hours, the airline is required to provide affected passengers with certain services to reduce discomfort. Some of the basic services include free beverages and meals. Moreover, the affected passengers have a right to make two phone calls and send faxes, or emails for free.

Rebooking or Refunds

If your flight is cancelled or delayed by over five hours, you can request a full refund or an alternative flight to your final destination. These options have some flexibility, which is great because you can choose what works best for you.

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.

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

17.04.202519:30

Spring Airlines

6190

Mohe (OHE)

Harbin (HRB)

cancelled

Refunds

17.04.202519:15

Spring Airlines

7069

Dalian (DLC)

Zhengzhou (CGO)

delayed

Refunds

17.04.202519:05

Spring Airlines

6731

Dalian (DLC)

Hohhot (HET)

delayed

Refunds

17.04.202517:20

Spring Airlines

6452

(SHF)

Lanzhou (LHW)

delayed

Refunds

17.04.202517:00

Spring Airlines

6189

Harbin (HRB)

Mohe (OHE)

cancelled

Refunds

17.04.202515:00

Spring Airlines

7372

Urumqi (URC)

Lanzhou (LHW)

cancelled

Refunds

17.04.202513:40

Spring Airlines

6226

Ningbo (NGB)

(WDS)

delayed

Refunds

16.04.202522:50

Spring Airlines

6377

Hohhot (HET)

Lanzhou (LHW)

delayed

Refunds

16.04.202522:40

Spring Airlines

6787

Shijiazhuang (SJW)

Lanzhou (LHW)

delayed

Refunds

16.04.202521:20

Spring Airlines

6700

Guilin (KWL)

Lanzhou (LHW)

delayed

Refunds

16.04.202521:10

Spring Airlines

6790

Kashi (KHG)

Lanzhou (LHW)

delayed

Refunds

16.04.202521:00

Spring Airlines

7416

Changsha (CSX)

Lanzhou (LHW)

delayed

Refunds

16.04.202520:55

Spring Airlines

6745

Lanzhou (LHW)

Ningbo (NGB)

delayed

Refunds

16.04.202520:45

Spring Airlines

6308

Nanjing (NKG)

Lanzhou (LHW)

delayed

Refunds

16.04.202520:25

Spring Airlines

6134

Hefei (Luogang Airport) (HFE)

Lanzhou (LHW)

delayed

Refunds

16.04.202519:55

Spring Airlines

8633

Shantou (SWA)

Nanjing (NKG)

delayed

Refunds

16.04.202519:40

Spring Airlines

6290

Lanzhou (LHW)

Shanghai (SHA)

delayed

Refunds

16.04.202518:50

Spring Airlines

6670

Yining (YIN)

Lanzhou (LHW)

delayed

Refunds

16.04.202518:20

Spring Airlines

6193

Shantou (SWA)

Bangkok (BKK)

delayed

Refunds

16.04.202516:45

Spring Airlines

6746

Ningbo (NGB)

Lanzhou (LHW)

delayed

Refunds

16.04.202512:50

Spring Airlines

7126

Yining (YIN)

Lanzhou (LHW)

delayed

Refunds

16.04.202511:15

Spring Airlines

6122

Guiyang (KWE)

Lanzhou (LHW)

delayed

Refunds

16.04.202511:00

Spring Airlines

7415

Lanzhou (LHW)

Changsha (CSX)

delayed

Refunds

16.04.202510:50

Spring Airlines

6743

Xiamen (XMN)

Lanzhou (LHW)

delayed

Refunds

16.04.202510:40

Spring Airlines

7395

Lanzhou (LHW)

Aksu (AKU)

delayed

Refunds

16.04.202510:40

Spring Airlines

7517

(PKX)

Lanzhou (LHW)

delayed

Refunds

16.04.202510:20

Spring Airlines

6289

Shanghai (SHA)

Lanzhou (LHW)

delayed

Refunds

16.04.202509:45

Spring Airlines

6509

Nanyang (NNY)

Lanzhou (LHW)

delayed

Refunds

16.04.202508:25

Spring Airlines

7125

Lanzhou (LHW)

Yining (YIN)

delayed

Refunds

16.04.202507:30

Spring Airlines

6451

Shanghai (PVG)

Lanzhou (LHW)

delayed

Refunds

16.04.202507:10

Spring Airlines

8513

Yangzhou (YTY)

Lanzhou (LHW)

delayed

Refunds

16.04.202506:40

Spring Airlines

7387

Dalian (DLC)

Lanzhou (LHW)

delayed

Refunds

16.04.202506:30

Spring Airlines

7395

Guangzhou (CAN)

Lanzhou (LHW)

delayed

Refunds

15.04.202521:00

Spring Airlines

6134

Hefei (Luogang Airport) (HFE)

Lanzhou (LHW)

delayed

Refunds

15.04.202520:30

Spring Airlines

6574

Shanghai (PVG)

Lanzhou (LHW)

delayed

Refunds

15.04.202520:30

Spring Airlines

6738

Ankang (AKA)

Lanzhou (LHW)

delayed

Refunds

15.04.202519:45

Spring Airlines

6857

Changchun (CGQ)

Lanzhou (LHW)

delayed

Refunds

15.04.202517:50

Spring Airlines

6699

Lanzhou (LHW)

Guilin (KWL)

delayed

Refunds

15.04.202517:50

Spring Airlines

6133

Lanzhou (LHW)

Hefei (Luogang Airport) (HFE)

delayed

Refunds

15.04.202517:05

Spring Airlines

7264

Kashi (KHG)

Lanzhou (LHW)

delayed

Refunds

15.04.202517:05

Spring Airlines

6189

Harbin (HRB)

Mohe (OHE)

delayed

Refunds

15.04.202515:25

Spring Airlines

7669

Nanchang (KHN)

Lanzhou (LHW)

delayed

Refunds

15.04.202514:30

Spring Airlines

6289

Lanzhou (LHW)

Dunhuang (DNH)

delayed

Refunds

15.04.202513:55

Spring Airlines

6602

Hangzhou (HGH)

Lanzhou (LHW)

delayed

Refunds

15.04.202513:40

Spring Airlines

6226

Ningbo (NGB)

(WDS)

delayed

Refunds

15.04.202513:40

Spring Airlines

8847

Shanghai (PVG)

Lanzhou (LHW)

delayed

Refunds

15.04.202512:45

Spring Airlines

6846

Kashi (KHG)

Lanzhou (LHW)

delayed

Refunds

15.04.202512:20

Spring Airlines

7046

Korla (KRL)

Lanzhou (LHW)

delayed

Refunds

15.04.202512:15

Spring Airlines

6704

Fuzhou (FOC)

Lanzhou (LHW)

delayed

Refunds

15.04.202510:50

Spring Airlines

6743

Xiamen (XMN)

Lanzhou (LHW)

delayed

Refunds

15.04.202507:20

Spring Airlines

8809

Shanghai (PVG)

Changchun (CGQ)

cancelled

Refunds

15.04.202501:05

Spring Airlines

8516

Tokyo (HND)

Shanghai (PVG)

delayed

Refunds

14.04.202523:15

Spring Airlines

6107

Shanghai (PVG)

Chongqing (CKG)

delayed

Refunds

14.04.202521:20

Spring Airlines

6908

Hefei (Luogang Airport) (HFE)

Shenyang (SHE)

cancelled

Refunds

14.04.202521:10

Spring Airlines

6896

Qianjiang (JIQ)

Shanghai (PVG)

cancelled

Refunds

14.04.202518:40

Spring Airlines

6896

Kunming (KMG)

Qianjiang (JIQ)

cancelled

Refunds

14.04.202518:25

Spring Airlines

8521

Shanghai (PVG)

Phuket (HKT)

delayed

Refunds

14.04.202518:15

Spring Airlines

8531

Shanghai (PVG)

Baishan (NBS)

delayed

Refunds

14.04.202517:45

Spring Airlines

6617

Shanghai (PVG)

Lijiang City (LJG)

delayed

Refunds

14.04.202517:35

Spring Airlines

8533

Shanghai (PVG)

Phnom Penh (PNH)

delayed

Refunds

14.04.202514:25

Spring Airlines

8733

Shanghai (PVG)

Taiyuan (TYN)

delayed

Refunds

14.04.202514:00

Spring Airlines

7115

Shanghai (PVG)

Lijiang City (LJG)

delayed

Refunds

14.04.202513:40

Spring Airlines

6226

Ningbo (NGB)

(WDS)

delayed

Refunds

14.04.202513:40

Spring Airlines

8847

Shanghai (PVG)

Lanzhou (LHW)

delayed

Refunds

14.04.202513:40

Spring Airlines

7605

Shanghai (PVG)

Jinghong (JHG)

delayed

Refunds

14.04.202512:35

Spring Airlines

6895

Shanghai (PVG)

Qianjiang (JIQ)

cancelled

Refunds

14.04.202511:30

Spring Airlines

6451

Lanzhou (LHW)

(SHF)

delayed

Refunds

13.04.202518:10

Spring Airlines

6339

Shanghai (PVG)

Yinchuan (INC)

delayed

Refunds

13.04.202518:05

Spring Airlines

8867

Shanghai (PVG)

Chongqing (CKG)

delayed

Refunds

13.04.202518:05

Spring Airlines

8567

Shanghai (PVG)

Jeju (CJU)

delayed

Refunds

13.04.202507:30

Spring Airlines

6451

Shanghai (PVG)

Lanzhou (LHW)

delayed

Refunds

13.04.202507:10

Spring Airlines

8513

Yangzhou (YTY)

Lanzhou (LHW)

delayed

Refunds

13.04.202506:45

Spring Airlines

7387

Dalian (DLC)

Lanzhou (LHW)

delayed

Refunds

12.04.202522:45

Spring Airlines

6426

Hohhot (HET)

Lanzhou (LHW)

cancelled

Refunds

12.04.202521:20

Spring Airlines

6700

Guilin (KWL)

Lanzhou (LHW)

delayed

Refunds

12.04.202521:00

Spring Airlines

7416

Changsha (CSX)

Lanzhou (LHW)

delayed

Refunds

12.04.202520:15

Spring Airlines

6678

Lanzhou (LHW)

Chongqing (TFU)

delayed

Refunds

12.04.202518:50

Spring Airlines

6670

Yining (YIN)

Lanzhou (LHW)

delayed

Refunds

12.04.202517:20

Spring Airlines

6452

(SHF)

Lanzhou (LHW)

delayed

Refunds

12.04.202517:05

Spring Airlines

7264

Kashi (KHG)

Lanzhou (LHW)

delayed

Refunds

12.04.202516:50

Spring Airlines

6746

Ningbo (NGB)

Lanzhou (LHW)

delayed

Refunds

12.04.202516:40

Spring Airlines

6226

(WDS)

Lanzhou (LHW)

cancelled

Refunds

12.04.202515:55

Spring Airlines

6678

Altay (AAT)

Lanzhou (LHW)

delayed

Refunds

12.04.202515:50

Spring Airlines

6858

Lanzhou (LHW)

Changchun (CGQ)

delayed

Refunds

12.04.202515:05

Spring Airlines

7518

Lanzhou (LHW)

(PKX)

cancelled

Refunds

12.04.202513:55

Spring Airlines

6602

Hangzhou (HGH)

Lanzhou (LHW)

delayed

Refunds

12.04.202513:40

Spring Airlines

6226

Ningbo (NGB)

(WDS)

cancelled

Refunds

12.04.202513:40

Spring Airlines

8847

Shanghai (PVG)

Lanzhou (LHW)

delayed

Refunds

12.04.202512:20

Spring Airlines

7046

Korla (KRL)

Lanzhou (LHW)

delayed

Refunds

12.04.202512:15

Spring Airlines

6704

Fuzhou (FOC)

Lanzhou (LHW)

delayed

Refunds

12.04.202510:50

Spring Airlines

6225

(WDS)

Ningbo (NGB)

cancelled

Refunds

12.04.202508:20

Spring Airlines

6225

Lanzhou (LHW)

(WDS)

cancelled

Refunds

11.04.202522:00

Spring Airlines

8804

Xiamen (XMN)

Shanghai (SHA)

delayed

Refunds

11.04.202518:50

Spring Airlines

7670

Lanzhou (LHW)

Nanchang (KHN)

cancelled

Refunds

11.04.202517:10

Spring Airlines

6307

Lanzhou (LHW)

Nanjing (NKG)

cancelled

Refunds

11.04.202516:55

Spring Airlines

8560

Seoul (ICN)

Shanghai (PVG)

delayed

Refunds

11.04.202516:50

Spring Airlines

7396

Aksu (AKU)

Lanzhou (LHW)

cancelled

Refunds

11.04.202516:35

Spring Airlines

6789

Lanzhou (LHW)

Kashi (KHG)

cancelled

Refunds

11.04.202515:25

Spring Airlines

7669

Nanchang (KHN)

Lanzhou (LHW)

cancelled

Refunds

11.04.202515:00

Spring Airlines

8848

Lanzhou (LHW)

Shanghai (PVG)

cancelled

Refunds

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