Flight delays and cancellations in March 2025
March 2025 saw a significant number of flight delays and cancellations across Europe, disrupting travel plans for thousands of passengers. What many travellers may not realise is that under EU Regulation 261/2004, they could be entitled to compensation of up to €600 — even if the disruption happened weeks or months ago.
In this article, we highlight some of the most heavily affected flights from March 2025. If you were on one of these and reached your destination late, you might still be eligible to file a valid claim. In Germany, passengers have up to three years to assert their rights retroactively.
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 |
LH797 | Lufthansa | Hong Kong → Frankfurt | 01.03.2025 | up to 600€ |
LH173 | Lufthansa | Berlin → Frankfurt | 01.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
EN8821 | Air Dolomiti | Trieste → Frankfurt | 01.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
EN8366 | Air Dolomiti | Munich → Lyon | 02.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
LH1752 | Lufthansa | Munich → Athens | 02.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
LH1864 | Lufthansa | Munich → Rome | 02.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
OS223 | Austrian Airlines | Vienna → Berlin | 03.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
FPY700 | PLAY | Reykjavík → Berlin | 03.03.2025 | up to 400 € |
KL1775 | KLM | Amsterdam → Berlin | 03.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
TP530 | TAP Air Portugal | Lisbon → Berlin | 03.03.2025 | up to 400 € |
SWT101 | Swiftair | Madrid → Palma de Mallorca | 04.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
UX7161 | Air Europa | Madrid → Bilbao | 04.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
UX1065 | Air Europa | Madrid → Milan Malpensa | 04.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
FR9914 | Ryanair | Tallinn → Barcelona | 05.03.2025 | up to 400 € |
QR137 | Qatar Airways | Doha → Barcelona | 05.03.2025 | up to 600 € |
U22323 | easyJet | London Luton → Barcelona | 05.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
TS253 | Air Transat | Malaga → Montreal | 06.03.2025 | up to 600 € |
FR2541 | Ryanair | Malaga → Memmingen | 06.03.2025 | up to 400 € |
U28791 | easyJet | Malaga → Gibraltar | 06.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
EI583 | Aer Lingus | Malaga → Dublin | 06.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
QF1 | Qantas | Singapore → London Heathrow | 07.03.2025 | up to 600 € |
VS4 | Virgin Atlantic | New York → London Heathrow | 07.03.2025 | up to 600 € |
LH900 | Lufthansa | Frankfurt → London Heathrow | 07.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
TK1930 | Turkish Airlines | London Glasgow → Istanbul | 08.03.2025 | up to 400 € |
BA2660 | British Airways | London Glasgow → Faro | 08.03.2025 | up to 400 € |
U28855 | easyJet | London Glasgow → Enfidha | 08.03.2025 | up to 400 € |
LS892 | Jet2 | Lanzarote → Manchester | 09.03.2025 | up to 400 € |
KL1031 | KLM | Amsterdam → Manchester | 09.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
AF1668 | Air France | Paris CDG → Manchester | 09.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
U22186 | easyJet | Geneva → Manchester | 09.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
OS199 | Austrian Airlines | Vienna → Frankfurt | 10.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
OS271 | Austrian Airlines | Vienna → Bremen | 10.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
OS251 | Austrian Airlines | Vienna → Leipzig-Halle | 10.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
VY1869 | Vueling | Barcelona → Dusseldorf | 11.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
JU360 | Air Serbia | Belgrade → Dusseldorf | 11.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
EW9861 | Eurowings | Naples → Dusseldorf | 11.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
FR4213 | Ryanair | Palma de Mallorca → Frankfurt Hahn | 12.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
FR7830 | Ryanair | Palma de Mallorca → Brussels | 12.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
IB2044 | Iberia | Palma de Mallorca → Badajoz | 12.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
IB2526 | Iberia | Palma de Mallorca → Ibiza | 12.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
W46301 | Wizz Air Malta | Milan Malpensa → London Gatwick | 13.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
GR600 | Aurigny | Guernsey → London Gatwick | 13.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
U28440 | easyJet | Marseille → London Gatwick | 13.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
V73508 | Volotea | Bilbao → Rome | 14.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
VY3968 | Vueling | Bilbao → Valencia | 14.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
TK1316 | Turkish Airlines | Bilbao → Istanbul | 14.03.2025 | up to 400 € |
EW7761 | Eurowings | Zurich → Hamburg | 15.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
OS283 | Austrian Airlines | Klagenfurt → Hamburg | 15.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
PC1045 | Pegasus | Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen → Hamburg | 15.03.2025 | up to 400 € |
EW5401 | Eurowings | Gran Canaria → Hamburg | 15.03.2025 | up to 400 € |
FR2455 | Ryanair | London Stansted → Rome Ciampino | 16.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
FR1013 | Ryanair | London Stansted → Prague | 16.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
FR2468 | Ryanair | London Stansted → Lodz | 16.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
FR1695 | Ryanair | London Stansted → Linz | 17.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
OS262 | Austrian Airlines | Frankfurt → Linz | 17.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
OS268 | Austrian Airlines | Frankfurt → Linz | 17.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
FR1709 | Ryanair | Valencia → Porto | 18.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
VY3102 | Vueling | Valencia → Tenerife North | 18.03.2025 | up to 400 € |
VY1174 | Vueling | Valencia → Gran Canaria | 18.03.2025 | up to 400 € |
FR4451 | Ryanair | Paphos → Cologne Bonn | 19.03.2025 | up to 400 € |
OS191 | Austrian Airlines | Vienna → Cologne Bonn | 19.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
UBD435 | UR Airlines | Erbil → Cologne Bonn | 19.03.2025 | up to 400 € |
EW603 | Eurowings | Lisbon → Cologne Bonn | 19.03.2025 | up to 400 € |
U26603 | easyJet | Birmingham → Alicante | 20.03.2025 | up to 400 € |
LS1201 | Jet2 | Birmingham → Lanzarote | 20.03.2025 | up to 400 € |
LS1229 | Jet2 | Birmingham → Fuerteventura | 20.03.2025 | up to 400 € |
FR1465 | Ryanair | Birmingham → Krakow | 20.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
BA682 | British Airways | London Heathrow → Salzburg | 21.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
EW4343 | Eurowings | Berlin → Salzburg | 21.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
EW5737 | Eurowings | Munich → Salzburg | 21.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
NT870 | Binter Canarias | Tenerife North → Valverde | 22.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
VY3234 | Vueling | Tenerife North → Santiago de Compostela | 22.03.2025 | up to 400 € |
NT968 | Binter Canarias | Tenerife North → Fuerteventura | 22.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
DI6445 | Marabu Airlines | Gran Canaria → Nuremberg | 23.03.2025 | up to 400 € |
FR7938 | Ryanair | Bari → Nuremberg | 23.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
FR1184 | Ryanair | Seville → Nuremberg | 23.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
FR4480 | Ryanair | Vilnius → Nuremberg | 23.03.2025 | up to 400 € |
U23840 | easyJet | Bristol → Milan Malpensa | 24.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
U2245 | easyJet | Bristol → Inverness | 24.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
GR642 | Aurigny | Bristol → Exeter | 24.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
EW6104 | Eurowings | Maribor → Graz | 25.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
EN8010 | Air Dolomiti | Munich → Graz | 25.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
EW9724 | Eurowings | Dusseldorf → Graz | 25.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
IB2300 | Iberia | Almeria → Seville | 26.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
IB2286 | Iberia | Almeria → Melilla | 26.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
IB1032 | Iberia | Almeria → Madrid | 26.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
LX828 | Swiss | Zurich → Hannover | 27.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
BA976 | British Airways | London Heathrow → Hannover | 27.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
SK1667 | SAS | Copenhagen → Hannover | 27.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
FR9648 | Ryanair | Liverpool → Wroclaw | 28.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
FR9984 | Ryanair | Liverpool → Rovaniemi | 28.03.2025 | up to 400 € |
U23499 | easyJet | Liverpool → Sharm El-Sheikh | 28.03.2025 | up to 400 € |
U2515 | easyJet | Liverpool → Isle of Man | 28.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
TOM7652 | TUI Airways | Birmingham → Innsbruck | 29.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
BA2622 | British Airways | London Gatwick → Innsbruck | 29.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
LS787 | Jet2 | Edinburgh → Innsbruck | 29.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
FR5500 | Ryanair | Santiago de Compostela → Zaragoza | 30.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
FR8539 | Ryanair | Santiago de Compostela → Alicante | 30.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
OS939 | Austrian Airlines | Vienna → Klagenfurt | 31.03.2025 | up to 250 € |
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 March 2025
March 2025 was a turbulent month for air travel across Europe, with numerous flights facing delays or cancellations. The most common causes included:
Severe weather conditions, including late-winter storms across Central Europe
Technical issues with aircraft
Air traffic control (ATC) strikes in France and Spain
Staff shortages at security checkpoints and ground handling services
Important: Not all of these reasons automatically exclude you from receiving compensation. Our team can assess your case for free to determine whether you’re eligible.
How to claim compensation for March 2025 flight delays
If your flight was delayed in March 2025, you may still be entitled to compensation — but don’t wait too long. In Germany, claims can be submitted up to three years later, meaning the deadline is March 2028.
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Frequently asked questions (FAQ)
Can I still claim compensation for a flight delayed in March 2025?
Yes. You have up to three years to file a claim — until March 2028 if you're based in Germany.
Which flights were heavily delayed in March 2025?
This article includes a detailed overview of the most affected flights from March that could qualify for compensation.
How much compensation could I receive?
Depending on the flight distance and delay, you could receive between 250 € and 600 € if your arrival was delayed by more than three hours.
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