Flight compensation Olympic Airlines:
Athens — Rome

Get your Olympic Airlines flight compensation for the route Athens - Rome

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

Directive 261/2004 is clear: for 1 086 km of flight, the company Olympic Airlines 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.

This flat-rate scale was designed to discourage airlines from changing their schedules without compelling reasons. Do not hesitate to assert this little-known but powerful regulation.

How to know if the flight Olympic Airlines Athens - Rome is eligible?

The 3-hour limit is calculated at the moment the aircraft doors open at Leonardo Da Vinci (Fiumicino) International Airport airport. If this is the case, and the flight cancellation is not due to extraordinary circumstances, Olympic Airlines owes you 250 €.

Keeping your travel documents for the Olympic Airlines ATH-FCO flight is crucial to prove that you were present at boarding at Athens.

What are the conditions for Olympic Airlines to compensate you?

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

The impact of a strike on your Olympic Airlines compensation

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

A strike by weather services at Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport or European air traffic control is an external cause over which Olympic Airlines has no control.

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

In addition to financial compensation, the European regulation guarantees what is called a 'right to care.' If your flight is delayed departing from Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport, Olympic Airlines must provide you with free meals and refreshments in reasonable quantity given the delay.

Some passengers are unaware that transportation between the hotel and Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport terminal is also included in the legal package due by Olympic Airlines.

Steps: how to get your 250 € from Olympic Airlines?

Getting justice against carrier Olympic Airlines requires perseverance. No response or standardized refusals are common tactics.

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

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

Patience is often the watchword. Airlines receive thousands of requests weekly and processing your file for the flight from Athens to Leonardo Da Vinci (Fiumicino) International Airport can drag on if you don't follow up.

Technology today allows real-time tracking of the progress of your request against Olympic Airlines on your smartphone.

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

Hitting a wall or getting a 'standard' negative response is unfortunately the lot of many passengers who claim only for the prejudice suffered on the Athens - Rome line.

Experts in aviation law have a colossal history of Olympic Airlines convictions, which is a decisive advantage.