--- title: "TAROM Flight Delay and Cancellation Compensation" url: https://flightcompensations.com/airlines/tarom author: "Jaacov Sonenblick" published: 2026-09-04 updated: 2026-10-06 publisher: FlightCompensations summary: "TAROM is Romania's flag carrier and an EU airline, so EU261 covers its flights in both directions — claims run from EUR 250 to EUR 600 per passenger." --- # TAROM flight delay and cancellation compensation TAROM is Romania's flag carrier and an EU airline, so EU261 covers its flights in both directions — claims run from EUR 250 to EUR 600 per passenger. **TAROM flight delay** compensation **ranges** from €250 to €600 per passenger under EU261. It is due when you reach your destination three or more hours late, when TAROM cancels with less than 14 days' notice, or when it denies you boarding. As a Romanian airline, TAROM owes it on flights into and out of the EU. ## Are TAROM flights to and from Bucharest covered by EU261? TAROM is Romania's flag carrier, hubbed at **Bucharest**. It holds a Romanian operating licence, which makes it an **EU carrier** and gives EU261 its full reach: - **Departures from any EU/EEA airport** are covered, whoever operates the flight - **Arrivals into the EU/EEA from outside it** are covered because TAROM holds an EU licence - **Departures from the UK, and arrivals into the UK** on TAROM fall under UK261, in sterling TAROM's network reaches beyond the EU into the Middle East and, seasonally, further afield, so the direction rule matters: an outbound flight from Bucharest is protected on departure, while an inbound leg from a non-EU country is protected because the operating carrier is an EU airline. Compensation is triggered by arriving at your **final destination three or more hours late**, a **cancellation announced with under 14 days' notice**, or being **denied boarding** on an oversold flight when you checked in on time. ## How much you could receive The amount is fixed by route distance, not by the price of the ticket. - **EUR 250** — flights of 1,500 km or less, such as Bucharest to Vienna or Athens - **EUR 400** — intra-EU flights over 1,500 km, and any other flight between 1,500 and 3,500 km - **EUR 600** — remaining flights over 3,500 km, reached only at the far edges of the network UK261 claims use **GBP 220 / GBP 350 / GBP 520**. Each passenger with a confirmed reservation is paid separately, and the fare and cabin make no difference. Under **Article 7(2)** the top figure may be halved where a long-haul re-routing arrives less than four hours late. ## When TAROM doesn't have to pay There is no compensation where the disruption was caused by **extraordinary circumstances** that could not have been avoided even with all reasonable measures — severe weather, air-traffic-control restrictions, airport closures, security alerts or a bird strike. - **The airline carries the burden of proof.** A short message citing "operational reasons" is an assertion, not a defence, and an unsupported reference to weather can be tested against the recorded conditions. - **A strike by TAROM's own crew is generally not extraordinary**, following EU case law that treats staff disputes as inherent in running an airline. Strikes by third parties — air-traffic controllers, airport handlers — usually are. Routine technical faults found during ordinary maintenance normally remain the airline's responsibility, even when described as unforeseeable. ## How do you claim from TAROM and escalate in Romania? Keep the booking reference, boarding passes, and any message announcing the delay or cancellation. Ask, in writing, for the reason. Note the actual arrival time at your final destination, and keep receipts for anything you paid for yourself. Response times vary between airlines and between individual claims, and tend to lengthen after mass-disruption events. If a claim is refused without a proper explanation, it can be escalated to the national enforcement body in the country of departure — the Romanian Civil Aeronautical Authority for Bucharest departures — or pursued in court within the local time limit. ## What it costs The eligibility check is free. If we recover your compensation we charge a **fixed EUR 39 success fee** — the same whether you're owed EUR 250 or EUR 600 — and the airline's payment goes to you. No win, no fee. ## How to claim TAROM compensation Start with the flight itself. Our [free flight check](/claim) reads the recorded times for your TAROM flight and tells you which band it falls in, in about two minutes. For the law behind the figure, the [flight delay compensation guide](/flight-delay-compensation) covers arrival delays and the [cancellation compensation guide](/flight-cancellation-compensation) covers a flight that never operated. If TAROM has already refused you, the [case law summary](/passenger-rights/case-law) sets out what the courts have said about the usual excuses. ## Frequently asked questions ### Does the price I paid affect my TAROM compensation? No. EU261 sets compensation by route distance alone, so a discounted fare and a full-fare ticket attract the same EUR 250, EUR 400 or EUR 600. The compensation is separate from, and paid on top of, any refund you are entitled to. ### TAROM told me it was a technical problem. Can I still claim? Very possibly. Routine technical faults found during ordinary maintenance are generally treated as part of running an airline rather than as an extraordinary circumstance, so they do not usually remove the right to compensation. The airline has to prove that a specific fault was genuinely unforeseeable and unavoidable, which a bare reference to a technical issue does not do. ### My TAROM flight into Bucharest came from outside the EU. Am I covered? Yes, when it is operated by TAROM or another EU-licensed carrier. EU261 protects arrivals into the EU/EEA from third countries where the operating airline holds an EU licence, and TAROM's is Romanian. An inbound leg from a non-EU country is therefore protected in the same way as a departure from Bucharest. ## 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/tarom