Traveling with Beijing Airlines: Compensate for delays and flight cancellations
The holidays are coming… You have dreamed of them for so long and they are finally here! Very often it is once at the airport, when the excitement is at its peak, and it is also there that many setbacks can happen. Indeed, imagine: you have just arrived at the airport and you are going to check your flight with Beijing Airlines on the departure board and there, disaster, you discover that your flight is delayed, or worse canceled.
Obviously you wonder what to do! You think of the money that you are going to lose because of this … But rest assured, air passengers have rights in this kind of situation.
Cancellations and delays: the grand bazaar of air transport
Flight cancellations and delays of more than three hours have almost doubled in one year.
Nothing is going right in the sky! Delayed or canceled flights are increasing against the backdrop of a giant strike by several operators including Beijing Airlines, and labor disputes in several companies … We are witnessing a general worsening of the air transport situation.
The percentage of flights disrupted has almost doubled in recent years, especially during the summer season. An unbearable summer ordeal for the 5.8 million customers who are victims of this disorder. There were just over 3 million three years ago. At this rate,
The extraordinary circumstances
Finally, be aware that in extraordinary circumstances, there is little chance that Beijing Airlines will compensate its passengers. However, this somewhat vague term often serves as a pretext for airlines not to pay compensation to the passenger, so if in doubt, don’t hesitate to try.
You can also use specialized services like the one suggested to help you assert your rights.
How much compensation can you collect?
If your Beijing Airlines flight is more than three hours late, is canceled or if you have been denied boarding you, as an air passenger, have rights set by European regulations. This provides that each passenger can claim compensation of € 250, € 400 or € 600. These amounts are fixed, and do not depend on the price at which you bought your ticket, but on the distance of your flight and its destination.
For flights up to 1,500 kilometers, compensation is € 250. For flights within the European Union (overseas included), the compensation is € 400.
Compensation is also € 400 for all flights between 1,500 and 3,500 kilometers between the departure and arrival airports. Finally, for all flights over 3,500 kilometers, compensation amounts to € 600.
In addition to compensation, accommodation and food costs for passengers (of a reasonable amount) may be borne by the airlines, until the passengers are routed to their destination. final. In the event of a canceled flight, and if the airline does not offer an alternative flight, you can also request reimbursement of airline tickets in addition to compensation.
Please note, however, the reimbursement relates only to original air tickets, that is to say, those whose flight has been canceled. If you buy new plane tickets, their reimbursement is unfortunately not foreseen by the European Regulation 261/2004.