Flight compensation Lufthansa Cargo:
Thessaloniki — Athens

Get your Lufthansa Cargo flight compensation for the route Thessaloniki - Athens

No one likes waiting for hours at the airport. If Lufthansa Cargo did not respect its scheduled times for your Thessaloniki - Athens flight, the law is on your side.

Directive 261/2004 is clear: for 299 km of flight, the company Lufthansa Cargo is subject to a compensation obligation if the delay exceeds 3 hours or if the flight is cancelled.

Why are you entitled to 250 €?

The European Regulation EC 261/2004 is very strict regarding air passenger rights. The amount of fixed compensation does not depend on the price of your ticket, but only on the flight distance.

Remember that this law applies whether you are traveling in economy or business class, and regardless of the passenger's nationality.

How to know if the flight Lufthansa Cargo Thessaloniki - Athens is eligible?

The compensation for flight SKG-ATH is compensation for lost time and not a simple refund of airport taxes.

Keeping your travel documents for the Lufthansa Cargo SKG-ATH flight is crucial to prove that you were present at boarding at Thessaloniki.

What are the conditions for Lufthansa Cargo to compensate you?

• Delay at arrival: You arrived with more than 3 hours delay at Athens.
• Cancellation: The airline cancelled the flight less than 14 days before departure.
• Overbooking: You were denied boarding against your will at Thessaloniki airport.
• Airline responsibility: The problem must be attributable to Lufthansa Cargo (technical problem, sick crew, scheduling...).

The impact of a strike on your Lufthansa Cargo compensation

Not all strikes exempt the company from its obligations. If the delay of your Thessaloniki - Athens trip is due to an internal strike within Lufthansa Cargo, the European justice recently ruled that this entitles to compensation.

Even if 250 € is not payable due to an external strike at Thessaloniki, assistance (meals/hotel) remains mandatory for Lufthansa Cargo.

What are your rights at Thessaloniki airport in case of prolonged wait?

The right to assistance is a crucial provision of the European text. Even before speaking of your 250 €, if the delay stretches at Thessaloniki Macedonia International Airport airport, Lufthansa Cargo is required to distribute vouchers to eat and drink.

Do not hesitate to request this assistance at the company's counter. If it is refused and you have to advance food or hotel costs at Thessaloniki Macedonia International Airport, keep your receipts carefully to request direct reimbursement.

Steps: how to get your 250 € from Lufthansa Cargo?

The formal notice letter and the collection of evidence of delay at Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport airport (boarding pass, certificate) are mandatory steps to face the airline.

Partner LegalTech services have tools to check actual Lufthansa Cargo flight logs and contradict false weather excuses.

How long does it take to get the 250 € compensation?

Some passengers wait more than 6 months for a response from Lufthansa Cargo. An expert can reduce this time by half.

A collective action on the Lufthansa Cargo flight from Thessaloniki can also be a way to get your funds faster.

What to do faced with silence or refusal from the airline?

It is not uncommon for a claim for 250 € to be automatically rejected by the company's algorithms under a fallacious generic pretext.

In the last instance, it is the summons to court that often unlocks the payment. The company Lufthansa Cargo will always prefer to compromise and pay the 250 € rather than incur additional legal costs for a lost cause in court.