Flight delays and cancellations in January 2025
January 2025 brought widespread flight delays and cancellations throughout Europe, leaving thousands of travellers stranded or arriving hours late. What many passengers may not realise is that under EU Regulation 261/2004, they could be entitled to compensation of up to €600 — even if the disruption occurred weeks ago.
In this article, we highlight some of the most significantly impacted flights from January 2025. If you were on one of them and arrived at your destination more than three hours late, you may still be eligible to claim compensation. In Germany, passengers have up to three years to file retroactive claims.
Use our compensation calculator to find out in just a few clicks if you’re entitled to a payout.
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Flight number | Airline | Route | Date | Potential compensation |
BA456 | British Airways | London Heathrow → Madrid | 01.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
BA832 | British Airways | London Heathrow → Dublin | 01.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
BA936 | British Airways | London Heathrow → Dusseldorf | 01.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
BA812 | British Airways | London Heathrow → Copenhagen | 01.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
BA724 | British Airways | London Heathrow → Geneva | 01.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
BA572 | British Airways | London Heathrow → Milan Malpensa | 01.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
MU219 | China Eastern Airlines | Shanghai → Frankfurt | 02.01.2025 | up to 600 € |
CZ8021 | China Southern Airlines | Shenyang → Frankfurt | 02.01.2025 | up to 600 € |
CX289 | Cathay Pacific | Hong Kong → Frankfurt | 02.01.2025 | up to 600 € |
LH291 | Lufthansa | Bologna → Frankfurt | 02.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
LH877 | Lufthansa | Bergen → Frankfurt | 02.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
LH757 | Lufthansa | Mumbai → Frankfurt | 02.01.2025 | up to 600 € |
3V4437 | ASL Airlines | Paris CDG → Lisbon | 03.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
3V4815 | ASL Airlines | Paris CDG → East Midlands | 03.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
3V4267 | ASL Airlines | Paris CDG → Cologne Bonn | 03.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
AF1308 | Air France | Paris CDG → Vienna | 03.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
AF1182 | Air France | Paris CDG → Prague | 03.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
5O4408 | ASL Airlines France | Paris CDG → Stockholm | 03.01.2025 | up to 400 € |
CA907 | Air China | Beijing → Madrid | 04.01.2025 | up to 600 € |
FR5377 | Ryanair | Brussels → Madrid | 04.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
FR5383 | Ryanair | Malta → Madrid | 04.01.2025 | up to 400 € |
FR2527 | Ryanair | Berlin → Madrid | 04.01.2025 | up to 400 € |
FR103 | Ryanair | Kaunas → Madrid | 04.01.2025 | up to 400 € |
HV614 | Transavia | Amsterdam → Alicante | 05.01.2025 | up to 400 € |
HV6601 | Transavia | Amsterdam → Innsbruck | 05.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
KL1001 | KLM | Amsterdam → London Heathrow | 05.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
KL1849 | KLM | Amsterdam → Munich | 05.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
KL1283 | KLM | Amsterdam → Aalborg | 05.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
GF87 | Gulf Air | Bahrain → Munich | 06.01.2025 | up to 600 € |
EN8017 | Air Dolomiti | Graz → Munich | 06.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
BT221 | airBaltic | Riga → Munich | 06.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
LH765 | Lufthansa | Bengaluru → Munich | 06.01.2025 | up to 600 € |
LH1689 | Lufthansa | Prague → Munich | 06.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
BA2706 | British Airways | London Gatwick → Gran Canaria | 07.01.2025 | up to 400 € |
BA2710 | British Airways | London Gatwick → Fuerteventura | 07.01.2025 | up to 400 € |
U28123 | easyJet | London Gatwick → Lanzarote | 07.01.2025 | up to 400 € |
U28037 | easyJet | London Gatwick → Tenerife South | 07.01.2025 | up to 400 € |
OZ795 | Asiana Airlines | Almaty → Vienna | 08.01.2025 | up to 600 € |
PC901 | Pegasus | Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen → Vienna | 08.01.2025 | up to 400 € |
IB791 | Iberia | Madrid → Vienna | 08.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
FR1533 | Ryanair | Milan Bergamo → Vienna | 08.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
TP1041 | TAP Portugal | Barcelona → Lisbon | 09.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
FR2098 | Ryanair | Barcelona → Bologna | 09.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
IB2603 | Iberia | Barcelona → Buenos Aires | 09.01.2025 | up to 600 € |
EY112 | Etihad Airways | Barcelona → Abu Dhabi | 09.01.2025 | up to 600 € |
U24053 | easyJet | Venice → Manchester | 10.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
FR6817 | Ryanair | Milan Malpensa → Manchester | 10.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
KL1031 | KLM | Amsterdam → Manchester | 10.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
TP1310 | TAP Portugal | Lisbon → Manchester | 10.01.2025 | up to 400 € |
SN3801 | Brussels Airlines | Brussels → Faro | 11.01.2025 | up to 400 € |
AY1542 | Finnair | Brussels → Helsinki | 11.01.2025 | up to 400 € |
ME216 | Middle East Airlines | Brussels → Beirut | 11.01.2025 | up to 400 € |
SN3175 | Brussels Airlines | Brussels → Rome | 11.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
AY1431 | Finnair | Helsinki → Berlin | 12.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
XQ1766 | SunExpress | Gaziantep → Berlin | 12.01.2025 | up to 400 € |
FR233 | Ryanair | Malaga → Berlin | 12.01.2025 | up to 400 € |
EW9716 | Eurowings | Dusseldorf → Salzburg | 13.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
EW9022 | Eurowings | Dusseldorf → Dresden | 13.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
EW9220 | Eurowings | Dusseldorf → Goteborg | 13.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
W64749 | Wizz Air | Skopje → Hamburg | 14.01.2025 | up to 400 € |
IB777 | Iberia | Madrid → Hamburg | 14.01.2025 | up to 400 € |
LH36 | Lufthansa | Frankfurt → Hamburg | 14.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
FR4057 | Ryanair | Malaga → Hamburg | 15.01.2025 | up to 400 € |
FR2581 | Ryanair | Malaga → Wroclaw | 15.01.2025 | up to 400 € |
BT880 | airBaltic | Malaga → Tallinn | 15.01.2025 | up to 400 € |
IB2403 | Iberia | Valencia → Palma de Mallorca | 16.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
IB2517 | Iberia | Ibiza → Palma de Mallorca | 16.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
QS1164 | Smartwings | Prague → Palma de Mallorca | 16.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
FR1005 | Ryanair | London Stansted → Bucharest | 17.01.2025 | up to 400 € |
FR3131 | Ryanair | London Stansted → Paphos | 17.01.2025 | up to 400 € |
FR3981 | Ryanair | London Stansted → Palermo | 17.01.2025 | up to 400 € |
U22516 | easyJet | Amsterdam → London Luton | 18.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
U22488 | easyJet | Turin → London Luton | 18.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
FR1624 | Ryanair | Vienna → Edinburgh | 19.01.2025 | up to 400 € |
FR1018 | Ryanair | Budapest → Edinburgh | 19.01.2025 | up to 400 € |
KL1041 | KLM | Amsterdam → Birmingham | 20.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
TOM7111 | TUI Airways | Madeira → Birmingham | 20.01.2025 | up to 400 € |
EW1156 | Eurowings | Cologne/Bonn → Jeddah | 21.01.2025 | up to 600 € |
EW980 | Eurowings | Cologne/Bonn → Hurghada | 21.01.2025 | up to 400 € |
EW8000 | Eurowings | Berlin → Stuttgart | 22.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
EW5713 | Eurowings | Pristina → Stuttgart | 22.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
VY6015 | Vueling | Seville → London Gatwick | 23.01.2025 | up to 400 € |
IB1756 | Iberia | Seville → Madrid | 23.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
FR7062 | Ryanair | Dublin → Alicante | 24.01.2025 | up to 400 € |
RK9558 | Ryanair UK | Belfast International → Alicante | 24.01.2025 | up to 400 € |
FR1709 | Ryanair | Valencia → Porto | 25.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
FR9000 | Ryanair | Valencia → Paris Beauvais-Tille | 25.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
HV5713 | Transavia | Rotterdam → Salzburg | 26.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
EW4381 | Eurowings | Gran Canaria → Salzburg | 26.01.2025 | up to 400 € |
U28700 | easyJet | Innsbruck → London Gatwick | 27.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
EN8066 | Air Dolomiti | Frankfurt → Graz | 28.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
KL942 | KLM | Glasgow → Amsterdam | 29.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
XQ2362 | SunExpress | Antalya → Hannover | 29.01.2025 | up to 400 € |
IB2355 | Iberia | Santiago de Compostela → Bilbao | 29.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
UA957 | United Airlines | Geneva → Newark | 30.01.2025 | up to 600 € |
LY346 | El Al Israel | Geneva → Tel Aviv | 30.01.2025 | up to 400 € |
LX22 | Swiss | Geneva → New York | 30.01.2025 | up to 600 € |
U27743 | easyJet | Porto → Zurich | 31.01.2025 | up to 400 € |
A3534 | Aegean Airlines | Thessaloniki → Zurich | 31.01.2025 | up to 250 € |
LX93 | Swiss | Sao Paulo → Zurich | 31.01.2025 | up to 600 € |
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 January 2025
If you were on a delayed or cancelled flight in January 2025, it’s worth taking a closer look at your case — you may be entitled to financial compensation.
January 2025: A challenging month for air travel
January 2025 brought major disruptions to air travel across Europe. A combination of unexpected events led to widespread delays and cancellations. The primary causes included:
Severe winter storms sweeping across Central and Northern Europe
Technical issues grounding several aircraft fleets
Air traffic control (ATC) strikes in France and Spain
Staff shortages affecting security, ground handling, and check-in services
These issues caused delays of several hours — or even full-day cancellations — across dozens of major routes.
Important: Not all of these reasons automatically disqualify you from compensation. In many cases, airlines remain liable. Our experts can evaluate your case for free.
How to claim compensation for a January 2025 flight
If your flight was delayed or cancelled in January 2025, you may still have time to claim compensation — but the clock is ticking. In Germany, for instance, the deadline to file is January 2028.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Can I still claim compensation for a January 2025 flight delay?
Yes. You typically have up to three years to file a claim. In Germany, the deadline is January 2028.
Which flights were affected in January 2025?
We’ve compiled a detailed overview of flights most impacted during the month. Check to see if your flight qualifies.
How much compensation could I receive?
Depending on flight distance and total delay time, eligible passengers may receive between €250 and €600 if the arrival delay exceeded three hours.
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