Flight compensation Olympic Airlines:
Athens — Syros Island

How to claim your money from Olympic Airlines on Athens (ATH) → Syros Island (JSY)

Flight cancelled on your Olympic Airlines flight Athens ✈ Syros Island? This affects many passengers regularly. Good news: you have concrete rights.

The good news is, for this journey of 105 km, Regulation CE 261/2004 obliges Olympic Airlines to provide financial compensation. On a short-haul flight like this, a specific compensation tier applies.

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.

Unlike what {many think|Olympic Airlines might suggest}, this payout doesn't depend on the fare. A €30 ticket gives the same rights as an €800 booking.

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

Whether your Olympic Airlines flight Athens→Syros Island was cancelled or you were bumped, the 250€ compensation is potentially owed in each of these scenarios.

If you had a connection are equally covered. If your first Olympic Airlines segment Athens→Syros Island leads to a missed connection, the total delay at your final destination counts.

What are the conditions for Olympic Airlines to compensate you?

• Delay at arrival: You arrived with more than 3 hours delay at Syros Island.
• 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

The EU Court of Justice has clearly stated: internal industrial action do not constitute extraordinary circumstances for airlines. This ruling is binding across the entire EU.

An specialist firm can easily identify whether the strike that impacted your Olympic Airlines Athens→Syros Island flight is an internal or external cause.

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

Consider the situation: stuck endlessly at Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport, in uncertainty about the new departure. In this scenario, Olympic Airlines cannot leave you without anything. CE 261 is clear.

If your new flight is only the following morning, Olympic Airlines must additionally cover your accommodation near Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport as well as the taxi or bus transfer between the airport and the hotel.

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

Anticipate pushback from Olympic Airlines. From automated emails and buck-passing, the process can drag on for months without professional help.

Through expert tools, your case can be initiated in a few clicks. Their algorithms instantly analyse Olympic Airlines's flight data for Athens-Syros Island.

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

Don't give up faced with Olympic Airlines's silence. It's a deliberate tactic to discourage claimants. Data confirms that over 80% of passengers give up along the way.

Technology now allow you to follow the progress of your claim against Olympic Airlines through an online dashboard. Short-haul cases are often resolved more quickly.

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

Know that Olympic Airlines doesn't need to justify its refusal immediately. But when you respond with documentation, the obligation to prove shifts {to the airline|onto Olympic Airlines}.

If you are certain of your legal right, you can contact the Civil Aviation Authority of the departure country, or more effectively, take the case to a tribunal with a expert partner lawyer.