Passenger rights
What you are actually owed when a flight is delayed, cancelled or oversold — by jurisdiction, with the government source for every figure.
Canada
Air Passenger Protection Regulations (APPR)
Canada's Air Passenger Protection Regulations set minimum obligations for every flight to, from or within Canada, on any airline. What you are owed turns on one question: was the d…
European Union
Regulation (EC) No 261/2004
EU261 is the strongest air passenger protection regime in the world, and the amounts are fixed in euros regardless of what you paid for the ticket. A €90 flight delayed four hours …
United States
US Department of Transportation consumer rules (14 CFR)
The United States has no equivalent of EU261. There is no legal right to cash compensation for a delayed or cancelled domestic flight, no matter how long the delay or whose fault i…
United Kingdom
UK261 — retained Regulation (EC) No 261/2004
After Brexit the UK kept EU261 almost word for word, converting the amounts from euros to pounds. The structure, the three-hour threshold and the extraordinary circumstances defenc…
This is a plain-language summary, not legal advice. Regulations change. Confirm anything you intend to rely on with the authority linked above before you act.