--- title: "Uzbekistan Airways Flight Delay and Cancellation" url: https://flightcompensations.com/airlines/uzbekistan-airways author: "Jaacov Sonenblick" published: 2026-09-04 updated: 2026-10-06 publisher: FlightCompensations summary: "Uzbekistan Airways is a non-EU carrier, so EU261 and UK261 cover its London, Paris and Frankfurt departures at EUR 600 — but not arrivals from Tashkent." --- # Uzbekistan Airways flight delay and cancellation compensation Uzbekistan Airways is a non-EU carrier, so EU261 and UK261 cover its London, Paris and Frankfurt departures at EUR 600 — but not arrivals from Tashkent. ## When is an Uzbekistan Airways flight delay covered? **Uzbekistan Airways flight delay** compensation **pays** €600 per passenger on a Paris or Frankfurt departure to Tashkent, and £520 from London. Flights from Tashkent into Europe fall outside both regimes. You qualify when you land three or more hours late, when the airline cancels with less than 14 days' notice, or when it turns you away. Uzbekistan Airways, the national carrier of Uzbekistan, connects Tashkent with London, Paris and Frankfurt. Because it holds no EU or UK operating licence, the European passenger-rights regimes attach only to the airport your flight leaves from. - **Departing an EU/EEA airport** — EU261 applies, so a Paris or Frankfurt departure to Tashkent is covered. - **Departing a UK airport** — UK261 applies to the London departure. - **Arriving into Europe from Tashkent** — **not covered**. A Tashkent to London flight sits outside both regimes; the inbound rules simply do not reach a non-EU, non-UK carrier. A claim exists where you arrive at your final destination three or more hours late, where a cancellation is announced with less than 14 days' notice, or where you are involuntarily denied boarding on an oversold flight after checking in on time. ## How much you could receive Three distance bands, fixed by law, set the amount: - **EUR 250** — routes up to 1,500 km - **EUR 400** — routes between 1,500 and 3,500 km - **EUR 600** — routes over 3,500 km Tashkent lies far beyond 3,500 km from any of the airline's European destinations, so the operative figures are **EUR 600** per passenger for an EU departure and **GBP 520** for a London one under the sterling bands of GBP 220 / GBP 350 / GBP 520. The airline may halve the top figure only where a re-routing delivers you less than four hours behind schedule. Compensation is fixed per passenger and does not vary with the fare or cabin. ## When Uzbekistan Airways doesn't have to pay Extraordinary circumstances are the only defence: events like severe weather, air-traffic-control restrictions, airport or airspace closures and security alerts, and then only where all reasonable measures could not have avoided the disruption. The burden of proof belongs to the airline; a refusal that names no verifiable cause should not be accepted. Strikes by the airline's own employees are generally not extraordinary, third-party strikes usually are, and technical faults emerging from routine operation and maintenance are the airline's own responsibility. ## How to claim from Uzbekistan Airways Keep your booking confirmation, boarding pass and any notifications, and put your request for the reason in writing so there is a record. Claims on a carrier without a large European claims operation can move slowly, which is where persistence matters: we submit, follow up on a schedule, and escalate to the enforcement body of the departure country or the courts if the answer is silence or an unsupported refusal. ## What do we charge on an Uzbekistan Airways claim? 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 Uzbekistan Airways compensation Start with the flight itself. Our [free flight check](/claim) reads the recorded times for your Uzbekistan Airways 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 Uzbekistan Airways 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 ### My Uzbekistan Airways flight into Paris was nine hours late. Why is there no EU261 claim? Because coverage follows the departure airport. Flights leaving EU/EEA airports are protected on any airline, but flights arriving from third countries are only protected when the carrier holds an EU licence, and Uzbekistan Airways does not. The Paris to Tashkent departure is covered; the Tashkent to Paris arrival is not. ### Uzbekistan Airways cancelled my Frankfurt departure three days out. What do I get? Less than 14 days' notice triggers compensation unless the airline proves an extraordinary circumstance, and Frankfurt to Tashkent exceeds 3,500 km, so the amount is EUR 600 per passenger. You also choose between a full refund and re-routing, and you are owed meals and accommodation while you wait. ### How long do I have to bring a claim against Uzbekistan Airways? The time limit comes from the national law of the country where you claim, not from EU261 itself. It ranges from roughly two years in some countries to six years in England, so a flight from last year or earlier is often still claimable. A free check settles it from the flight details. ## 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/uzbekistan-airways