One of the most common reasons for flight interruptions is flight strikes, which are often organized by airline staff, an airport itself, or an airline. As a passenger, you should be aware of EU Regulation 261, according to which you might be eligible for compensation of up to 600 Euros.
Continue reading to find out how to obtain compensation and under what circumstances.
Your Passenger Rights
The good news is that any passenger is protected by the EU 261 regulation. The EU 261/2004 is a European Union regulation that sets the rules for compensation and assistance for travelers in cases of flight disruptions. Now, let’s take a closer look at passenger rights, according to EU 261/2004:
- The airline needs to provide travelers with information about their rights.
- In the event of flight cancellation, a passenger has the right to choose one of these options: either a ticket refund or rebooking to the final destination under similar conditions;
- Passengers can expect to receive food and beverages; they are also entitled to have two free phone calls, e-mails, or faxes.
- If you choose an alternative flight, and it involves an overnight stay, the airline is required to provide hotel accommodation, as well as transportation between the airport and the hotel.
- Compensation between 250 to 600 euros per passenger
When You Are Entitled to Wizz Air Strike Compensation
Frequently, Wizz Air strikes involve their employees. These could be pilots, engineers, flight attendants, or any other crucial personnel. As you now know, you may be eligible for compensation for airline strikes, if your trip was disrupted. The compensation will then cover the inconvenience you faced due to the strike.
It is also essential to understand what “extraordinary circumstances” are. These are events outside of the airline’s control. If a strike is considered one of these circumstances, the airline is not obliged to provide compensation. It is important to note if a staff strike occurs, the airline could have potentially foreseen and managed such incidents, therefore these situations are within the airline’s control. That is when flight disruptions are caused by the airline’s own employees, they are not cases of extraordinary circumstances. As a result, passengers have a right to claim flight compensation.
However, you should understand that each incident is unique, meaning that every flight disruption caused by a strike must be carefully analyzed to determine whether the airline will pay compensation.
Wizz Air Strike Compensation
Before claiming the airline strike compensation, you should be aware of the criteria and the amount of compensation you might receive.
Wizz Air Strike Flight Delay Compensation
The longer a flight is delayed, the more trouble it creates for travelers. When airline staff go on strike, it can disrupt passengers’ plans and make them arrive at their final destination much later than expected. It is crucial to know that if your flight is delayed for more than 3 hours because of a strike, you can claim compensation from the airline for the inconvenience caused.
When evaluating the potential sum of compensation, passengers need to take two critical factors into account: the distance of the flight and the duration of the delay. It’s essential to understand these details, as only that is how you can be calm regarding the fair flight delay compensation you deserve. Below you can find a table with the amounts of compensation you may 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 Strike Flight Cancellation Compensation
Sometimes, it also happens that airline strikes result in flight cancellation. According to EU Regulation 261/2004, you may receive compensation of up to 600 Euros. Keep in mind that the regulation also states that you are entitled to compensation in the case when the airline informed you about the cancellation less than 14 days before your travel.
However, there are always some exceptions to the regulations, and here is the case. The airline is entitled to avoid paying compensation if it provides the passenger an alternative flight. This alternative flight must meet the criteria enumerated below:
| 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 |
Importantly, if you used an alternative flight but your final arrival time at your destination was still delayed, you are entitled to claim compensation.
The amount of the compensation fully depends on the flight distance and the time of delay in arriving at the final destination. Check the table below for more details:
| 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 |
Which Wizz Air Flights Are Covered by EU261?
The EU261 regulation applies to every flight departing from EU airports, regardless of the airline, as well as flights arriving in the EU from outside the EU when operated by EU airlines. It also applies to flights to/from Norway, Switzerland, and Iceland.
The table below shows which Wizz Air flights are covered by EU Regulation 261:
| Itinerary | Covered by EU 261 |
| Flights departing the EU airports | ✅ Covered |
| Flights arriving at the EU airports | ✅ Covered |
How to Claim Wizz Air Strike Compensation
If you have encountered flight cancellations or delays at least once, you understand how frustrating it can be.
Travelers who face any of these situations on Wizz Air flights are entitled to claim compensation, according to European Union regulations. Follow these steps to claim compensation:
- Fill in this 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 manage the process. We understand the EU laws well and will do our best to get you 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 1602 | London (LTN) Gdansk (GDN) | delayed | Refunds |
07.05.202508:30 | Wizz Air 2202 | London (LTN) Budapest (BUD) | 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 2342 | Rome (FCO) Budapest (BUD) | delayed | Refunds |
05.05.202521:45 | Wizz Air 2338 | Rome (MXP) 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 3167 | Bucharest (OTP) Bari (BRI) | delayed | Refunds |
05.05.202513:30 | Wizz Air 2334 | Rome (MXP) Budapest (BUD) | 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 2051 | Krakow (KRK) Larnaca (LCA) | delayed | Refunds |
05.05.202513:00 | Wizz Air 2397 | Budapest (BUD) Funchal (FNC) | 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 2072 | Nice (NCE) Krakow (KRK) | delayed | Refunds |
05.05.202508:25 | Wizz Air 2002 | London (LTN) 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 2068 | Rome (MXP) Krakow (KRK) | delayed | Refunds |
04.05.202516:55 | Wizz Air 4009 | Belgrade (BEG) Berlin (BER) | delayed | Refunds |
04.05.202516:20 | Wizz Air 4740 | Berlin (BER) Skopje (SKP) | delayed | Refunds |
04.05.202515:25 | Wizz Air 2076 | Eindhoven (EIN) Krakow (KRK) | delayed | Refunds |
04.05.202515:15 | Wizz Air 4793 | Skopje (SKP) Zurich (BSL) | delayed | Refunds |
04.05.202514:55 | Wizz Air 3558 | Rome (TSF) Timisoara (TSR) | delayed | Refunds |
04.05.202514:45 | Wizz Air 2269 | Budapest (BUD) Zurich (BSL) | delayed | Refunds |
04.05.202514:45 | Wizz Air 2269 | Budapest (BUD) Zurich (BSL) | delayed | Refunds |
04.05.202514:30 | Wizz Air 3267 | Bucharest (OTP) Dubai (DXB) | delayed | Refunds |
04.05.202514:25 | Wizz Air 2067 | Krakow (KRK) Rome (MXP) | delayed | Refunds |
04.05.202512:50 | Wizz Air 2075 | Krakow (KRK) Eindhoven (EIN) | delayed | Refunds |
