Flight Delay Compensation Time Limit
without the guesswork.
EU 261 Flight Delay Claim Deadline — Track airline escalation and an independently confirmed national-law limit without inventing one EU-wide claim deadline. Includes a practical guide and embedded calculator. Inputs stay in your browser.
EU passenger-rights guidance provides an airline complaint path, but the time limit for court action varies under national law. No country preset is invented here.
Context matters.
- Check the operating carrier, departure/arrival geography and the exact disruption facts before treating Regulation 261/2004 as applicable.
- If the airline does not reply within two months or the response is unsatisfactory, Your Europe points travelers to the relevant national enforcement body or dispute route.
- Passenger-rights rules are changing. Confirm the rules effective on the flight date before relying on any future-flight result.
Sources & scope
This page shows the source trail, jurisdiction and review date alongside the result. Always confirm time-sensitive rules with the linked authority.
What to know before using the result.
Is there one EU-wide deadline for filing an EU261 court claim?
No. Your Europe says the time limit for court action depends on national law. The tool therefore has no preset UK, German or French period.
What does the two-month date mean?
It is an airline-response follow-up point in the Your Europe complaint path, not a universal court limitation deadline.
Does a long delay automatically guarantee compensation?
No. Route and operating-carrier scope, arrival delay, notice, extraordinary circumstances, rerouting and evidence all matter under the rules effective for the flight.