--- title: "Olympic Air Flight Delay and Cancellation Compensation" url: https://flightcompensations.com/airlines/olympic-air author: "Jaacov Sonenblick" published: 2026-09-09 updated: 2026-09-10 publisher: FlightCompensations summary: "Olympic Air flies the Greek island network for Aegean on turboprops. It is a Greek EU carrier, and a short island route still carries €250 a passenger." --- # Olympic Air flight delay and cancellation compensation Olympic Air flies the Greek island network for Aegean on turboprops. It is a Greek EU carrier, and a short island route still carries €250 a passenger. ## Olympic Air flight delay and cancellation: your rights Olympic Air is the regional airline in the Aegean group. It flies turboprops from Athens and Thessaloniki out to the islands, on routes the larger jets cannot serve. It is a Greek company with a Greek operating licence, which makes it an EU carrier. EU261 covers its flights in both directions. ## Short routes, full compensation Almost every Olympic Air route is under 1,500 km, so the figure is **€250** a passenger. A longer route would reach the €400 band. That €250 does not shrink because the flight was short or the fare was low. EU261 sets the sum by distance, and a forty-minute hop to Milos falls in the same band as Athens to Rome. The trigger is arriving three or more hours late at your final destination, a cancellation with less than fourteen days' notice, or being turned away from a full flight. ## The airline blamed the wind at the island airport — now what? Ask for that in writing, and keep it. Weather is a real defence and island airports get more of it than most. It is not the end of the matter. The airline has to show two things: that the cause was outside its control, and that no reasonable measure would have avoided the disruption. If other flights operated into the same airport within the hour, that is worth asking about. ## How to claim Olympic Air flight delay compensation Start with the flight itself. Our [free flight check](/claim) reads the recorded departure and arrival times and tells you which band your Olympic Air flight falls in. A Olympic Air compensation claim turns on two things: the arrival time, and the reason the airline gives. For a late arrival, read the [flight delay compensation guide](/flight-delay-compensation). For a flight that never flew, read the [cancellation compensation guide](/flight-cancellation-compensation). It covers Olympic Air cancellation compensation too. Has the airline said no? The [case law summary](/passenger-rights/case-law) sets out what the courts make of the usual excuses. ## Frequently asked questions ### How much is a delayed Olympic Air island flight worth? €250 per passenger. Every route inside Greece is under 1,500 km, which is the first EU261 band, and the sum does not fall because the flight was short. ### My Olympic Air flight connected to an Aegean flight. Which delay counts? If both flights were on one booking, the delay is measured when you reach your final destination. The distance of the whole journey then decides the band. ### Olympic Air says the wind cancelled the flight. Is that extraordinary? Weather can be, but the airline must also show it took every reasonable measure. Ask for the reason in writing and check whether other airlines flew the route that day. ## Sources - https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A32004R0261 - https://www.caa.co.uk/passengers/resolving-travel-problems/delays-and-cancellations/ - https://curia.europa.eu/juris/liste.jsf?num=C-402/07 - https://curia.europa.eu/juris/liste.jsf?num=C-549/07 - https://curia.europa.eu/juris/liste.jsf?num=C-195/17 - https://curia.europa.eu/juris/liste.jsf?num=C-452/13 Read the full page with the claim check at https://flightcompensations.com/airlines/olympic-air