What are you owed for a Thessaloniki flight delay or cancellation?
Thessaloniki is Greece's second city airport, mixing year-round European routes with a heavy summer peak.
Greece is in the EU, so EU261 covers every flight out of Thessaloniki. Land three or more hours late at your final destination and the airline owes a fixed sum. Routes to the UK, Scandinavia, Frankfurt and Berlin run over 1,500 km: the €400 band. Munich, about 1,240 km, pays €250.
What we have observed · last 90 days
18
claimable disruptions
2
cancellations
7h 30m
worst arrival delay
The worst was FR2568 on 2026-09-08, one of 17 flights affected. Passengers on any of them may be owed compensation.
Based on flights we track directly. Not a complete record of the airline's operations, and not a decision on any individual claim.
Check what you're owed
Is every Thessaloniki departure covered by EU261?
Greece is in the EU, so EU261 covers every departure from Thessaloniki, whoever flies it. A non-European airline leaving here is bound on the same terms as a European one.
An arrival into Thessaloniki is narrower. It is covered only when an EU or EEA airline operates the flight. A flight in from outside Europe on a non-European airline falls outside the rules, even though it lands in the EU.
The sums are fixed by distance, never by the fare:
| Flight distance | Compensation per passenger | Routes from Thessaloniki |
|---|---|---|
| Up to 1,500 km | €250 | Munich, and routes inside Greece |
| 1,500 to 3,500 km | €400 | UK and Scandinavia, roughly 1,800 to 2,600 km; Frankfurt, Berlin, Düsseldorf and Hamburg |
| Over 3,500 km | €600 (€400 if the flight is within the EU) | — |
A cancellation inside fourteen days pays the same, and so does denied boarding.
Does a Greek ATC strike end a Thessaloniki claim?
Usually it does end the compensation, but not the rest of your rights.
A strike by air traffic controllers is third-party industrial action, and it usually counts as an extraordinary circumstance. The airline still owes you a new flight or a refund, plus meals and a hotel if you are kept overnight.
A strike by the airline's own crew is different, and usually not extraordinary. And either way the airline must prove the strike caused your flight's disruption, not merely that one happened that week.
What causes delays at Thessaloniki, and which still pay?
The summer peak packs a season's flying into a few months. Tight rotations mean a morning problem often shows up as an evening delay, and congestion across Greek and wider European airspace adds to it.
Strong winds and summer storms can slow flights here too. Weather can be an extraordinary circumstance, but the airline has to show it. Technical faults and crew shortages are the airline's own doing, so the money still stands.
How do you claim Thessaloniki flight delay compensation?
Start with the flight itself. Our free flight check reads the recorded departure and arrival times for your flight from Thessaloniki and tells you which band it falls in.
Your Thessaloniki 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. For a flight that never flew, read the cancellation compensation guide. It covers Thessaloniki cancellation compensation too. Has the airline said no? The case law summary sets out what the courts make of the usual excuses.
What you need to claim
- Your flight number and date
- The airports you flew between
- Roughly how late you arrived
- Your booking reference, if you still have it
No boarding pass? We can usually work from the flight number and date alone.