Originally Posted by
NewbieRunner
This is somewhat confusing if you read the
EU document.
My understanding is if you are rerouted and the rerouted flight arrives at the final destination more than two hours late (for under 1,500 km) you are eligible for a full compensation.
The quoted paragraph concerns re-routing on alternative flights. This is not the case with a delay.
The delay limit for compensation is set out in case law as 3 hours, as per rulings in cases C-402/07 (Sturgeon v Condor) in case of direct flights, and C-11/11 (Folkerts v Air France), also applicable to total delay at the endpoint of connecting flights, regardless of where the delay was caused and even if the original delay was less, but enough to miss a connection.