Flight delays and cancellations in May 2025
In May 2025, there were numerous flight delays and cancellations across Europe. Many travelers are unaware that under EU Regulation 261/2004, they may be entitled to compensation of up to 600 € – even if the flight took place several weeks or months ago.
In this article, we provide an overview of the most problematic flights in May 2025. If you were on one of these flights and arrived late, you may still be eligible to claim compensation – in Germany, you can do so up to 3 years retroactively.
Use our compensation calculator to find out in just a few clicks if you’re entitled to a payout.
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Cancelled/delayed flights in May 2025
| Flight number | Airline | Route | Date | Potential compensation |
| 4Y1206 | Discover Airlines | Frankfurt → Chania | 01.05.2025 | up to 400 € |
| DE1308 | Condor | Frankfurt → Faro | 01.05.2025 | up to 400 € |
| LH1182 | Lufthansa | Frankfurt → Zurich | 01.05.2025 | up to 250 € |
| UA945 | United Airlines | Frankfurt → Chicago | 01.05.2025 | up to 600 € |
| LH758 | Lufthansa | Frankfurt → Chennai | 01.05.2025 | up to 600 € |
| TK1591 | Turkish Airlines | Istanbul → Frankfurt | 02.05.2025 | up to 400 € |
| LH423 | Lufthansa | Boston → Frankfurt | 02.05.2025 | up to 600 € |
| AY1411 | Finnair | Helsinki → Frankfurt | 02.05.2025 | up to 400 € |
| DE2227 | Condor | Punta Cana → Frankfurt | 02.05.2025 | up to 600 € |
| LH1123 | Lufthansa | Madrid → Frankfurt | 02.05.2025 | up to 250 € |
| PC5304 | Pegasus Airlines | Berlin → Izmir | 03.05.2025 | up to 400 € |
| FR216 | Ryanair | Berlin → Palma de Mallorca | 03.05.2025 | up to 400 € |
| TP535 | TAP Portugal | Berlin → Lisbon | 03.05.2025 | up to 400 € |
| FR4221 | Ryanair | Berlin → Zadar | 03.05.2025 | up to 250 € |
| FR257 | Ryanair | Berlin → Alicante | 03.05.2025 | up to 400 € |
| U24265 | easyJet | Naples → Berlin | 04.05.2025 | up to 400 € |
| EW8221 | Eurowings | Goteborg → Berlin | 04.05.2025 | up to 400 € |
| EI336 | Aer Lingus | Dublin → Berlin | 04.05.2025 | up to 400 € |
| EW9048 | Eurowings | Dusseldorf → Berlin | 04.05.2025 | up to 250 € |
| U25184 | easyJet | Geneva → Berlin | 04.05.2025 | up to 250 € |
| EW9670 | Eurowings | Dusseldorf → Heraklion | 05.05.2025 | up to 400 € |
| LH2001 | Lufthansa | Dusseldorf → Munich | 05.05.2025 | up to 250 € |
| EW9916 | Eurowings | Dusseldorf → Tirana | 05.05.2025 | up to 250 € |
| A3841 | Aegean Airlines | Dusseldorf → Athens | 05.05.2025 | up to 400 € |
| TU527 | Tunisair | Dusseldorf → Tunis | 05.05.2025 | up to 400 € |
| HYS403 | HiSky Europe | Chisinau → Dusseldorf | 06.05.2025 | up to 400 € |
| EW9413 | Eurowings | Lyon → Dusseldorf | 06.05.2025 | up to 250 € |
| EW9811 | Eurowings | Venice → Dusseldorf | 06.05.2025 | up to 250 € |
| XQ1328 | SunExpress | Zonguldak → Dusseldorf | 06.05.2025 | up to 400 € |
| EW9975 | Eurowings | Tel Aviv → Dusseldorf | 06.05.2025 | up to 400 € |
| KL1788 | KLM Airlines | Hannover → Amsterdam | 07.05.2025 | up to 250 € |
| EW6603 | Eurowings | Hannover → Pristina | 07.05.2025 | up to 250 € |
| X32262 | TUIfly | Hannover → Gran Canaria | 07.05.2025 | up to 400 € |
| VY1891 | Vueling Airlines | Hannover → Barcelona | 07.05.2025 | up to 250 € |
| TK1556 | Turkish Airlines | Hannover → Istanbul | 07.05.2025 | up to 400 € |
| EW3851 | Eurowings | Lamezia Terme → Hannover | 08.05.2025 | up to 400 € |
| LX828 | Swiss Airlines | Zurich → Hannover | 08.05.2025 | up to 250 € |
| EW3653 | Eurowings | Thessaloniki → Hannover | 08.05.2025 | up to 250 € |
| X32733 | TUIfly | Genoa → Hannover | 08.05.2025 | up to 250 € |
| LH46 | Lufthansa | Frankfurt → Hannover | 08.05.2025 | up to 250 € |
| PC1014 | Pegasus Airlines | Cologne Bonn → Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen | 09.05.2025 | up to 400 € |
| XQ117 | SunExpress | Cologne Bonn → Antalya | 09.05.2025 | up to 400 € |
| FR2508 | Ryanair | Cologne Bonn → Barcelona | 09.05.2025 | up to 250 € |
| EW968 | Eurowings | Cologne Bonn → Split | 09.05.2025 | up to 250 € |
| UBD436 | UR Airlines | Cologne Bonn → Erbil | 09.05.2025 | up to 400 € |
| FR1593 | Ryanair | Manchester → Cologne Bonn | 10.05.2025 | up to 250 € |
| EW385 | Eurowings | Nador → Cologne Bonn | 10.05.2025 | up to 400 € |
| EN8853 | Air Dolomiti | Florence → Cologne Bonn | 10.05.2025 | up to 250 € |
| LH53 | Lufthansa | Hannover → Cologne Bonn | 10.05.2025 | up to 250 € |
| DE2455 | Condor | Vancouver → Cologne Bonn | 10.05.2025 | up to 600 € |
| EW7598 | Eurowings | Hamburg → Dubrovnik | 11.05.2025 | up to 250 € |
| EW5380 | Eurowings | Hamburg → Fuerteventura | 11.05.2025 | up to 400 € |
| IB772 | Iberia | Hamburg → Madrid | 11.05.2025 | up to 400 € |
| PC1686 | Pegasus | Hamburg → Ankara | 11.05.2025 | up to 400 € |
| SK2646 | SAS | Hamburg → Stockholm | 11.05.2025 | up to 250 € |
| LS782 | Jet2 | Dalaman → Edinburgh | 12.05.2025 | up to 400 € |
| LS840 | Jet2 | Bergen → Edinburgh | 12.05.2025 | up to 250 € |
| DL34 | Delta Air Lines | Atlanta → Edinburgh | 12.05.2025 | up to 600 € |
| FR812 | Ryanair | Dublin → Edinburgh | 12.05.2025 | up to 250 € |
| RC414 | Atlantic Airways | Vagar → Edinburgh | 12.05.2025 | up to 250 € |
| LH2452 | Lufthansa | Munich → Oslo | 13.05.2025 | up to 250 € |
| LH1842 | Lufthansa | Munich → Valencia | 13.05.2025 | up to 250 € |
| LH2556 | Lufthansa | Munich → Tbilisi | 13.05.2025 | up to 400 € |
| LH2266 | Lufthansa | Munich → Marseille | 13.05.2025 | up to 250 € |
| NH218 | ANA | Munich → Tokyo | 13.05.2025 | up to 600 € |
| LX253 | Swiss | Tel Aviv → Zurich | 14.05.2025 | up to 400 € |
| LX147 | Swiss | Delhi → Zurich | 14.05.2025 | up to 600 € |
| LX177 | Swiss | Singapore → Zurich | 14.05.2025 | up to 600 € |
| U28471 | easyJet | London Gatwick → Zurich | 14.05.2025 | up to 250 € |
| AC880 | Air Canada | Toronto → Zurich | 14.05.2025 | up to 600 € |
| AF7490 | Air France | Paris CDG → Pau Pyrenees | 15.05.2025 | up to 250 € |
| DL229 | Delta Air Lines | Paris CDG → Detroit | 15.05.2025 | up to 600 € |
| BJ555 | Nouvelair | Paris CDG → Djerba | 15.05.2025 | up to 400 € |
| BT692 | airBaltic | Paris CDG → Riga | 15.05.2025 | up to 400 € |
| AF1382 | Air France | Paris CDG → Prague | 15.05.2025 | up to 250 € |
| TO7061 | Transavia France | Toulon → Paris Orly | 16.05.2025 | up to 250 € |
| XK770 | Air Corsica | Ajaccio → Paris Orly | 16.05.2025 | up to 250 € |
| DJT101 | La Compagnie | Newark → Paris Orly | 16.05.2025 | up to 600 € |
| AT760 | Royal Air Maroc | Casablanca → Paris Orly | 16.05.2025 | up to 400 € |
| U24844 | easyJet | Toulouse-Blagnac → Paris Orly | 16.05.2025 | up to 250 € |
| HV5041 | Transavia | Amsterdam → Kos | 17.05.2025 | up to 400 € |
| DL133 | Delta Air Lines | Amsterdam → Detroit | 17.05.2025 | up to 600 € |
| BA8450 | British Airways | Amsterdam → London City | 17.05.2025 | up to 250 € |
| AA203 | American Airlines | Amsterdam → Philadelphia | 17.05.2025 | up to 600 € |
| KL897 | KLM Airlines | Amsterdam → Bengaluru | 17.05.2025 | up to 600 € |
| CX255 | Cathay Pacific | Hong Kong → London Heathrow | 18.05.2025 | up to 600 € |
| AA100 | American Airlines | New York → London Heathrow | 18.05.2025 | up to 600 € |
| AC866 | Air Canada | Montreal → London Heathrow | 18.05.2025 | up to 600 € |
| AA50 | American Airlines | Dallas → London Heathrow | 18.05.2025 | up to 600 € |
| AA730 | American Airlines | Charlotte → London Heathrow | 18.05.2025 | up to 600 € |
| W61812 | Wizz Air | Barcelona → Wroclaw | 19.05.2025 | up to 400 € |
| W61476 | Wizz Air | Barcelona → Warsaw | 19.05.2025 | up to 400 € |
| TO4801 | Transavia | Barcelona → Paris Orly | 19.05.2025 | up to 250 € |
| IB2470 | Iberia | Barcelona → Leon | 19.05.2025 | up to 250 € |
| VY1422 | Vueling | Barcelona → Bilbao | 19.05.2025 | up to 250 € |
| UA942 | United Airlines | Washington → Lisbon | 20.05.2025 | up to 600 € |
| FR1084 | Ryanair | Paris Beauvais-Tille → Lisbon | 20.05.2025 | up to 400 € |
| S4128 | Azores Airlines | Ponta Delgada → Lisbon | 20.05.2025 | up to 250 € |
| TP104 | TAP Air Portugal | Belo Horizonte → Lisbon | 20.05.2025 | up to 600 € |
| U21271 | easyJet | Basel → Lisbon | 20.05.2025 | up to 400 € |
| IB2500 | Iberia | Palma de Mallorca → Menorca | 21.05.2025 | up to 250 € |
| SWT7880 | Swiftair | Palma de Mallorca → Ibiza | 21.05.2025 | up to 250 € |
| D85618 | Norwegian Air | Palma de Mallorca → Billund | 21.05.2025 | up to 400 € |
| U27293 | easyJet | Palma de Mallorca → Nice | 21.05.2025 | up to 250 € |
| FR2737 | Ryanair | Palma de Mallorca → Karlsruhe | 21.05.2025 | up to 250 € |
If you were on one of these flights, it's worth checking your case – you may be entitled to compensation.
What were the most common reasons for delays in May 2025?
- Bad weather, such as thunderstorms over Central Europe
- Technical issues with aircraft
- Strikes in Spain and France
- Staff shortages at security and ground handling services
Important: Not all of these reasons automatically exclude compensation. Our team will check for free whether your case qualifies.
How to claim your compensation
If you were affected by a delayed flight in May 2025, you can still file your claim until May 2028.
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• No risk – you only pay if we’re successful
• Available for business trips and package holidays too
Frequently asked questions (FAQ)
Can I still get compensation for a flight delay in May 2025?
Yes – in Germany, you have up to three years to submit your claim.
Which flights were heavily delayed in May 2025?
This article provides an overview of flights with significant delays that may qualify for compensation.
How much compensation am I entitled to for a delay or cancellation?
Depending on the flight distance, you may receive between €250 and €600 if your flight arrived more than 3 hours late.
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