Paris to Rome flight delay and cancellation compensation

Compensation on the Paris to Rome route

Paris to Rome links two of Europe's most visited capitals, with services from Charles de Gaulle and Orly into Fiumicino throughout the day. The great-circle distance is approximately 1,100 km, which keeps the route inside the shortest compensation band despite a flight time of around two hours. Compensation becomes payable when you arrive at your final destination three or more hours late, when the flight is cancelled with fewer than fourteen days' notice, or when you are involuntarily denied boarding. Both cities are in the EU, so this is one of the simplest routes for coverage.

How much you could be owed

Under 1,500 km, so €250 per passenger under EU261. The Article 7(2) halving for three-to-four-hour delays applies only to flights over 3,500 km and is irrelevant here. What can raise the figure is a connection: both Charles de Gaulle and Fiumicino are hub airports, and if your Paris to Rome leg fed an onward flight on the same booking, the band is calculated to your final destination — a missed long-haul connection can turn a €250 sector into a €600 claim. Compensation is per passenger and unrelated to the fare paid.

Which regulation applies

EU261 governs this route in both directions without any carrier condition. France and Italy are both EU member states, so whichever way you fly, the departure is from an EU airport and every operating airline is bound. There is no UK261 dimension and no direction in which coverage depends on the nationality of the carrier — the questions that matter are simply how late you arrived at your final destination and what caused it.

Airlines flying this route

The pair is typically served by Air France and ITA Airways alongside Vueling and easyJet, with the mix depending on the Paris airport concerned. Codeshares between alliance partners are common, and the obligation under EU261 attaches to the airline that actually operated the flight rather than the one whose code appears on the booking.

How to claim

Send the flight number and date and we confirm the band, check any onward connection and give you a candid view of the claim. Recurring causes on this pair — late inbound aircraft, tight turnarounds, crew duty limits and strikes by the airline's own staff — are within the carrier's control and support a claim. Severe weather, air traffic control restrictions and security incidents can be extraordinary circumstances that remove compensation, but the airline must prove both the event and the reasonable measures it took. The eligibility check is free. If we recover your compensation we charge a fixed €39 success fee — the same whether you're owed €250 or €600. No win, no fee.