Flight compensation Olympic Airlines:
Kasos — Karpathos

Refund and compensation Olympic Airlines: route Kasos to Karpathos

Your claim for compensation for the Olympic Airlines flight from Kasos to Karpathos deserves to be examined. A flight delay or cancellation is a frustrating experience for any traveler.

Given the route between Kasos and Karpathos (21 km), the European scale provides automatic financial protection in case of failure by Olympic Airlines.

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 is not a commercial gesture from Olympic Airlines, but a legal obligation that applies to all flights within the scope of the directive.

How to know if the flight Olympic Airlines Kasos - Karpathos is eligible?

Check your actual arrival time at Karpathos. If Olympic Airlines made you wait more than three hours on the tarmac at Karpathos Airport, your claim is legitimate.

In the case of a cancellation, if you are notified less than 14 days before your departure from Kasos, the regulation applies in the same way.

What are the conditions for Olympic Airlines to compensate you?

• Delay at arrival: You arrived with more than 3 hours delay at Karpathos.
• Cancellation: The airline cancelled the flight less than 14 days before departure.
• Overbooking: You were denied boarding against your will at Kasos 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 Kasos - Karpathos 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 Kasos Airport or European air traffic control is an external cause over which Olympic Airlines has no control.

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

During these long hours of waiting in the Kasos Airport terminal, know that the airline has a legal obligation to take care of you. This includes catering, but also the possibility of making two telephone calls or sending emails for free.

Your forced stay at Kasos shouldn't cost you a penny more than originally planned for your KSJ-AOK trip.

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

For your Kasos - Karpathos trip, every minute counts. Note the reasons given by Olympic Airlines staff at the Kasos Airport counter during the incident.

If you don't have the time or the desire to engage in long email exchanges, delegating your claim to lawyers is the most effective solution to see your 250 € arrive in your bank account.

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 Kasos to Karpathos Airport can drag on if you don't follow up.

A collective action on the Olympic Airlines flight from Kasos 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 Olympic Airlines will always prefer to compromise and pay the 250 € rather than incur additional legal costs for a lost cause in court.