Air Cairo Compensation: Claim flight delay, cancellation or baggage

Air Cairo Compensation: Claim flight delay, cancellation or lost baggage. Get up to € 600 refund for a delayed or cancelled flight and 1.414 euros for lost luggage.

Air Cairo flight claim compensation: Eu law and Montreal Convention

Air Cairo EU Flight compensation: delay, cancellation and overbooking

Air Cairo EU 261 Law compensation}

Suitable when any of these two circumstances occur:

  1. When the airline is European or…
  2. if the flight departs from europe

Compensation review under EU 261 Law: Air Cairo delay, cancellation and overbooking

Summary – Air Cairo flight compensation according to EU Regulation
Flight Distance (Km) Air Cairo Compensation Claim
Less than 1.500 km € 250 Claim € 250
1.500 Km – 3.500 Km € 400 Claim € 400
+ 3.500 Km € 600 Claim € 600

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Air Cairo Example of compensation according to European 261 law

  • Flight overbooking from Paris to Zurich: Less than 1.500 km = € 250 + expenses.
  • Flight cancellation from Tenrife to Belgium: Between 1.500 km and 3.500 km = € 400 + expenses.
  • Flight cancellation from Madrid to : 3.500 km + = 600 euros + expenses.

Air Cairo Compensations under Montreal Convention for delays, cancellations, overbooked flights and baggage

Air Cairo delay compensation

Only when these two circumstances happen simultaneously:

  1. All baggage claims even if the airline is european
  2. When it is not an european airline and the flight doesn´t depart from Europe

Compensation table for flight delays, cancellations, or overbooked flight according to the Montreal Convention

Air Cairo Montreal Convention Compensation
Compensation Limit of liability Expenses
Baggage 5.708 euros = 4.694 SDR (Special Drawing Rights) Hotels, taxis, tours, other missed flights

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Air Cairo lost baggage or delayed luggage compensation


Air Cairo lost baggage claims

If you want to Claim Air Cairo for baggage delay you can get a compensation of € 1.414 + expenses.

Summary: Air Cairo lost baggage compensation according to the Montreal Convention
Luggage claim Limit of liability Expenses
Lost or damaged € 1.414 = 1.253 SDR (Special Drawing Rights) Clothes, cost of the baggage, taxis

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Note: Fill the PIR: Property Irregularity Report to claim for the baggage to Air Cairo

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What is Air Cairo PIR?

A Air Cairo Property Irregularity Report (PIR) number is a unique code that traces your delayed or damaged luggage. It has a combination of 10 letters and numbers and it is demanded to claim to Air Cairo.

  • Number of lost luggages
  • Issue
  • Reference code so that Air Cairo can trace the suitcase
  • Flight
  • Date
  • Color and type
  • Name

Read about Air Cairo cancelled flights

Air Cairo cancelled flights notified more than 14 days before date of departure:

Norman has received a mail from Air Cairo telling him that his flight in 26 days is cancelled. He does not have a right to compensation under the EU 261 law but may seek a refund of his flight cost. If there isn´t proof of message from Air Cairo he will be granted a compensation too.

Air Cairo cancellations notified between seven and fourteen days before date of departure:

Julian has received a mail from Air Cairo notifying him that his flight in 9 days is cancelled. He has a right to compensation as his flight was cancelled by Air Cairo between 7 and 14 days before his departure and his flight departs more than 2 hours before the original scheduled time of departure and arrives more than 4 hours after the original scheduled arrival time.

Air Cairo cancelled flight notified less than 7 days before departure:

James has received a mail from Air Cairo telling him that his flight in two days is cancelled. He has a right to compensation as his flight was cancelled by Air Cairo less than 7 days before his departure and the new flight departs more than one hour before the {original} time of departure and arrives more than two hours after the original scheduled time.

Air Cairo denied boarding:

  • Do not get rid off boarding passes.
  • Ask for the reasons you’re being denied boarding.

Can I claim my flight delay directly to Air Cairo?

First, if you want to claim directly to Air Cairo, you have to know your chances are very small, since very often Air Cairo tries to justify their delayed flights with extraordinary circumstances that did not really happen, such as bad weather. Therefore, it is advised to funnel your claim through lexority.

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How far back can you go with claiming flight delay compensation to Air Cairo

Time Limit: 2 to 5 years as a general rule, depending on the type of regulation that is applicable in each case.

  • Montreal Convention: two years
  • Regulation 261/2004 of the EU: two to ten years. You must read the civil code for each country.

Documentation to claim correctly to Air Cairo:

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Boarding pass

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ID or pass

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Receipts

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Guidance to claim Air Cairo

Keep all Air Cairo trip docummentation

Keep the boarding pass and e-ticket Air Cairo gave you. You don’t want to throw them away. They are often very useful to claim Air Cairo.

Air Cairo flight delays: 3 or more hours

To be entitled to a compensation, Air Cairo delayed flight must be higher than 3 hours.

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Overbooking at Air Cairo flight

Overbooked Air Cairo flight: When Air Cairo sells more tickets than the possible number of people they can take.

The overbooking is legal, but you can get a compensation up to € 600.

Air Cairo aims to avoid empty seats because of no-shows, but this must be legally sanctioned.

Once a Air Cairo passenger has received a reservation or any document stating the payment has been accepted and registered, it is a “confirmed reservation”. Boarding denials happen when a passenger presents to the gate but Air Cairo refuses them access to the plane.

These are the passengers rights to claim Air Cairo

If you have any question. Here we are if you want to claim for a flight delay, cancellation, overbooking or lost baggage to Air Cairo.