Flight delays and cancellations in February 2026
February 2026 has been a challenging month for air travel across Europe, with many passengers facing delays and cancellations that disrupt plans at the worst possible time. What many travellers do not realize is that under EU Regulation 261/2004, you could be entitled to compensation of up to €600, even if the disruption happened earlier this month.
In this article, we explain what to do if your flight in February 2026 arrived late or was cancelled, and how to check whether you can still file a valid claim. In Germany, passengers typically have up to three years to assert their rights retroactively.
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Flight number | Airline | Route | Date | Possible compensation |
BA351 | British Airways | Nice → London Heathrow | 01.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
BA849 | British Airways | Warsaw → London Heathrow | 01.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
OS339 | Austrian | Vienna → London Heathrow | 01.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
EW468 | Eurowings | Cologne → London Heathrow | 01.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
U22105 | EasyJet | Manchester → Paris CDG | 02.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
FR1271 | Ryanair | Manchester → Bucharest | 02.02.2026 | up to 400€ |
TP1311 | TAP Air Portugal | Manchester → Lisbon | 02.02.2026 | up to 400€ |
VY8747 | Vueling | Manchester → Barcelona | 02.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
LH409 | Lufthansa | Raleigh/Durham → Frankfurt | 03.02.2026 | up to 600€ |
LH693 | Lufthansa | Amman → Frankfurt | 03.02.2026 | up to 400€ |
EN8769 | Air Dolomiti | Wroclaw → Frankfurt | 03.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
DE4408 | Condor | Prague → Frankfurt | 03.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
TP1011 | TAP Air Portugal | Madrid → Lisbon | 04.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
HU728 | Hainan Airlines | Madrid → Chongqing | 04.02.2026 | up to 600€ |
UX1145 | Air Europa | Madrid → Porto | 04.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
AA69 | American Airlines | Madrid → Miami | 04.02.2026 | up to 600€ |
LH767 | Lufthansa | Mumbai → Munich | 05.02.2026 | up to 600€ |
KL1849 | KLM | Amsterdam → Munich | 05.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
LH475 | Lufthansa | Montreal → Munich | 05.02.2026 | up to 600€ |
UA953 | United Airlines | Chicago → Munich | 05.02.2026 | up to 600€ |
VY2473 | Vueling | Barcelona → Lanzarote | 06.02.2026 | up to 400€ |
W62376 | Wizz Air | Barcelona → Budapest | 06.02.2026 | up to 400€ |
EW7521 | Eurowings | Barcelona → Hamburg | 06.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
VY3014 | Vueling | Barcelona → Fuerteventura | 06.02.2026 | up to 400€ |
BR65 | EVA Air | Taipei → Vienna | 07.02.2026 | up to 600€ |
OS42 | Austrian | Washington Dulles → Vienna | 07.02.2026 | up to 600€ |
AC886 | Air Canada | Toronto → Vienna | 07.02.2026 | up to 600€ |
AI186 | Air India | Vancouver → Vienna | 07.02.2026 | up to 600€ |
U28673 | EasyJet | London Gatwick → Amsterdam | 08.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
U28629 | EasyJet | London Gatwick → Berlin | 08.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
IB1862 | Iberia | London Gatwick → Madrid | 08.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
U28441 | EasyJet | London Gatwick → Strasbourg | 08.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
QR79 | Qatar Airways | Doha → Berlin | 09.02.2026 | up to 600€ |
SK1673 | SAS | Copenhagen → Berlin | 09.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
U24873 | EasyJet | Paris Orly → Berlin | 09.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
D84505 | Norwegian Air Sweden | Stockholm Arlanda → Berlin | 09.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
LX1017 | Swiss | Dusseldorf → Zurich | 10.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
ME248 | Middle East Airlines | Dusseldorf → Beirut | 10.02.2026 | up to 400€ |
EW9974 | Eurowings | Dusseldorf → Tel Aviv-Yafo | 10.02.2026 | up to 400€ |
AJA26 | AJet | Dusseldorf → Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen | 10.02.2026 | up to 400€ |
IB2513 | Iberia | Ibiza → Palma de Mallorca | 11.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
VY3865 | Vueling | Asturias → Palma de Mallorca | 11.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
EW6801 | Eurowings | Leipzig/Halle → Palma de Mallorca | 11.02.2026 | up to 400€ |
VY3943 | Vueling | Sevilla → Palma de Mallorca | 11.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
LH1 | Lufthansa | Hamburg → Frankfurt | 12.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
LH2085 | Lufthansa | Hamburg → Munich | 12.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
AY1422 | Finnair | Hamburg → Helsinki | 12.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
DY1127 | Norwegian | Hamburg → Oslo | 12.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
IB2261 | Iberia | Melilla → Malaga | 13.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
FR222 | Ryanair | Naples → Malaga | 13.02.2026 | up to 400€ |
FR6215 | Ryanair | Poznan → Malaga | 13.02.2026 | up to 400€ |
LS759 | Jet2 | Edinburgh → Malaga | 13.02.2026 | up to 400€ |
FR2687 | Ryanair | London Stansted → Cagliari | 14.02.2026 | up to 400€ |
FR2471 | Ryanair | London Stansted → Katowice | 14.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
FR2642 | Ryanair | London Stansted → Riga | 14.02.2026 | up to 400€ |
LH2497 | Lufthansa | London Stansted → Munich | 14.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
SN3771 | Brussels Airlines | Brussels → Alicante | 15.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
HV5051 | Transavia | Rotterdam → Alicante | 15.02.2026 | up to 400€ |
LS1215 | Jet2 | Birmingham → Alicante | 15.02.2026 | up to 400€ |
KL1539 | KLM | Amsterdam → Alicante | 15.02.2026 | up to 400€ |
ED6810 | AirExplore | Cologne/Bonn → Billund | 16.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
FR4500 | Ryanair | Cologne/Bonn → Dublin | 16.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
FR5276 | Ryanair | Cologne/Bonn → Palermo | 16.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
W64782 | Wizz Air | Cologne/Bonn → Skopje | 16.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
TK1703 | Turkish Airlines | Istanbul → Stuttgart | 17.02.2026 | up to 400€ |
OS263 | Austrian | Vienna → Stuttgart | 17.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
EW2011 | Eurowings | Berlin → Stuttgart | 17.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
EW2491 | Eurowings | Bucharest → Stuttgart | 17.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
U22453 | EasyJet | London Luton → Faro | 18.02.2026 | up to 400€ |
W64302 | Wizz Air | London Luton → Sofia | 18.02.2026 | up to 400€ |
U22471 | EasyJet | London Luton → Funchal | 18.02.2026 | up to 400€ |
FR338 | Ryanair | London Luton → Dublin | 18.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
U27849 | EasyJet | Amsterdam → Birmingham | 19.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
LH954 | Lufthansa | Frankfurt → Birmingham | 19.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
LS1338 | Jet2 | Barcelona → Birmingham | 19.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
LS1202 | Jet2 | Lanzarote → Birmingham | 19.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
HV6609 | Transavia | Amsterdam → Innsbruck | 20.02.2026 | up to 400€ |
HV6867 | Transavia | Amsterdam → Athens | 20.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
U27927 | EasyJet | Amsterdam → Prague | 20.02.2026 | up to 600€ |
AF333 | Air France | Boston → Paris CDG | 21.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
AF1611 | Air France | Hamburg → Paris CDG | 21.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
AF7371 | Air France | Lyon → Paris CDG | 21.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
AZ1311 | ITA Airways | Rome Fiumicino → Bologna | 22.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
AZ1421 | ITA Airways | Rome Fiumicino → Turin | 22.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
AZ1263 | ITA Airways | Rome Fiumicino → Naples | 22.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
LO411 | LOT Polish Airlines | Warsaw → Zurich | 23.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
OS133 | Austrian | Vienna → Zurich | 23.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
LX2027 | Swiss | Madrid → Zurich | 23.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
LA8147 | LATAM Airlines | Lisbon → Sao Paulo | 24.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
TP247 | TAP Air Portugal | Lisbon → Los Angeles | 24.02.2026 | up to 600€ |
TP572 | TAP Air Portugal | Lisbon → Frankfurt | 24.02.2026 | up to 600€ |
FR3670 | Ryanair | Berlin → Dublin | 25.02.2026 | up to 400€ |
FR5218 | Ryanair | Swidnik → Dublin | 25.02.2026 | up to 400€ |
LX410 | Swiss | Geneva → Dublin | 25.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
FR6529 | Ryanair | Milan Malpensa → Pescara | 26.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
U23803 | EasyJet | Milan Malpensa → Bordeaux | 26.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
W45024 | Wizz Air Malta | Milan Malpensa → Tirana | 26.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
EI3550 | Aer Lingus | Dublin → Edinburgh | 27.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
FR3645 | Ryanair | Milan Bergamo → Edinburgh | 27.02.2026 | up to 250€ |
FR5090 | Ryanair | Malaga → Edinburgh | 27.02.2026 | up to 400€ |
If you were on one of these flights, it’s worth checking your case – you may be entitled to compensation.
Why so many flights were delayed in February 2026
February often brings conditions that make European flight operations more vulnerable to disruption. Common causes include:
Severe winter weather, such as storms, snow, fog, and strong winds
De-icing requirements and airport capacity limits during cold spells
Technical issues with aircraft
Air traffic control restrictions and congestion
Staff shortages at security, baggage handling, or ground operations
Important: Not all of these reasons automatically exclude you from compensation. Whether you qualify depends on the details of your flight and the airline’s responsibility. Our team can assess your case for free and tell you if you are eligible.
How to claim compensation for February 2026 flight problems
If your flight was delayed or cancelled in February 2026, you may still be entitled to compensation, but it is smart not to leave it too late. In Germany, claims can generally be submitted up to three years later, meaning a February 2026 disruption may be claimable until February 2029.
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Frequently asked questions (FAQ)
Can I still claim compensation for a flight delayed in February 2026?
Yes. If your flight was in February 2026, you can usually still file a claim. In Germany, the limitation period is typically up to three years, so the deadline may be February 2029.
Which February 2026 flight delays qualify for compensation?
In many cases, you may qualify if you arrived more than three hours late, your flight was cancelled at short notice, or you were denied boarding. Eligibility depends on factors like the route, the airline’s responsibility, and the reason for disruption.
How much compensation could I receive?
Depending on the flight distance and the length of the delay, compensation is generally €250 to €600 if arrival was delayed by more than three hours and the airline is responsible under EU261.
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