{"name":"Untap rules: UK261 and EU261 flight compensation bands","description":"The fixed compensation amounts Untap applies for delayed and cancelled flights, by distance band, under UK261 (in pounds) and EU261 (in euros). Compensation starts at 3 hours late on arrival, and long-haul delays under 4 hours are paid at half. Under EU261 only, a flight between two EU airports of more than 1,500 km is paid at the medium band however long it is.","url":"https://untap.money/open-data#flight-compensation-bands","guide":"https://untap.money/guides/flight-compensation-uk261","licence":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","publisher":"Untap","date_published":"2026-04-15","last_changed":"2026-10-05","csv":"https://untap.money/open-data/rules/flight-compensation-bands.csv","json":"https://untap.money/open-data/rules/flight-compensation-bands.json","sources":[{"name":"Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 as retained in UK law, Article 7","url":"https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2004/261/article/7"},{"name":"Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 as adopted by the EU, Article 7","url":"https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2004/261/article/7/adopted"},{"name":"Civil Aviation Authority: flight delays","url":"https://www.caa.co.uk/air-passengers/travel-problems-and-rights/flight-delays-and-cancellations/delays/"},{"name":"Civil Aviation Authority: flight cancellations","url":"https://www.caa.co.uk/air-passengers/travel-problems-and-rights/flight-delays-and-cancellations/cancellations/"}],"columns":[{"name":"scheme","description":"UK261 for flights from the UK, and into the UK on a UK or EU airline. EU261 for flights from the EU"},{"name":"currency","description":"GBP or EUR"},{"name":"band","description":"short, medium or long"},{"name":"distance_over_km","description":"Great-circle distance the flight must exceed"},{"name":"distance_up_to_km","description":"Great-circle distance up to and including which the band applies. Empty for the long band"},{"name":"delay_threshold_minutes","description":"Arrival delay at which compensation starts, per passenger"},{"name":"amount","description":"Compensation per passenger, in the scheme’s currency"},{"name":"reduced_amount","description":"Half-rate amount, which the airline may pay instead in the cases in reduced_when"},{"name":"reduced_when","description":"When the half rate applies"},{"name":"note","description":"Anything else that changes the band"}],"rows":[{"scheme":"UK261","currency":"GBP","band":"short","distance_over_km":0,"distance_up_to_km":1500,"delay_threshold_minutes":180,"amount":220,"reduced_amount":110,"reduced_when":"Only for a cancelled flight whose replacement arrived less than 2 hours after the original arrival time","note":null},{"scheme":"UK261","currency":"GBP","band":"medium","distance_over_km":1500,"distance_up_to_km":3500,"delay_threshold_minutes":180,"amount":350,"reduced_amount":175,"reduced_when":"Only for a cancelled flight whose replacement arrived less than 3 hours after the original arrival time","note":null},{"scheme":"UK261","currency":"GBP","band":"long","distance_over_km":3500,"distance_up_to_km":null,"delay_threshold_minutes":180,"amount":520,"reduced_amount":260,"reduced_when":"Arrival delay of 3 to 4 hours, or a cancelled flight whose replacement arrived less than 4 hours after the original arrival time","note":"UK261 has no 1,500 km rule. The UK text dropped the EU wording on flights within the EU, so a UK to EU flight over 3,500 km is paid at this band"},{"scheme":"EU261","currency":"EUR","band":"short","distance_over_km":0,"distance_up_to_km":1500,"delay_threshold_minutes":180,"amount":250,"reduced_amount":125,"reduced_when":"Only for a cancelled flight whose replacement arrived less than 2 hours after the original arrival time","note":null},{"scheme":"EU261","currency":"EUR","band":"medium","distance_over_km":1500,"distance_up_to_km":3500,"delay_threshold_minutes":180,"amount":400,"reduced_amount":200,"reduced_when":"Only for a cancelled flight whose replacement arrived less than 3 hours after the original arrival time","note":"Under EU261 Article 7(1)(b), a flight between two EU airports of more than 1,500 km is paid at this band, even above 3,500 km"},{"scheme":"EU261","currency":"EUR","band":"long","distance_over_km":3500,"distance_up_to_km":null,"delay_threshold_minutes":180,"amount":600,"reduced_amount":300,"reduced_when":"Arrival delay of 3 to 4 hours, or a cancelled flight whose replacement arrived less than 4 hours after the original arrival time","note":"Not for a flight between two EU airports, which stays at the medium band"}]}