Flight time changes are a major nuisance to travelers. If you have booked a flight, assume that it will happen at a scheduled time. Frequently, however, airlines change their flight times before departure. Often you choose the time of departure deliberately and may decide even for a more expensive flight. It is particularly annoying when vacation time is lost due to the flight time change. You do not have to accept a flight transfer.

Decisive for the right to compensation is the point in time when you are informed of the change of the flight time, as well as the premature departure or the late arrival at the final destination.

What you should know:

Informs the airline or the tour operator in a period between 0 to 7 days before departure about the flight time change is entitled if:

Departure more than an hour earlier than planned

Arrival more than 2 hours later than planned

Informs the airline or the tour operator between 8 to 14 days before the flight date is eligible if:

Departure more than 2 hours earlier than planned

Arrival more than 4 hours later than planned