Nile Air Compensation: Claim flight delay, cancellation or baggage

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

Nile Air flight claim compensation: Eu law and Montreal Convention

Nile Air EU Flight compensation: delay, cancellation and overbooking

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Only when any of these two circumstances happen:

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

Compensation summary under European law: Nile Air delay, cancellation and overbooking

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

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Nile Air Example of compensation according to european law

  • Flight cancellation from Paris to Florence: -1.500 km = € 250 + expenses.
  • Flight overbooking from Tenrife to Paris: 1.500 km -3.500 km = 400 euros + expenses.
  • Flight overbooking from Norway to Tokyo: More than 3.500 km = € 600 + expenses.

Nile Air Montreal Convention Compensations for delays, cancellations, overbooking and baggage

Nile Air delay compensation

Only applicable when these two circumstances happen simultaneously:

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

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

Montreal Convention review: Nile Air compensation
CompensationLimit of liabilityExpenses
Luggage€ 5.708 = 4.694 SDR (Special Drawing Rights)Other flighs, rents, tours, other missed flights

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Nile Air lost baggage or delayed luggage compensation


Nile Air lost baggage claims

If you Claim Nile Air for lost baggage you can get a compensation of € 1.414 + expenses.

Outline: Nile Air lost baggage compensation according to the Montreal Convention
Luggage claimLimit of liabilityExpenses
Lost or damaged€ 1.414 = 1.253 SDR (Special Drawing Rights)Clothes, cost of the baggage, taxis

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Important: Fill the PIR: Property Irregularity Report to claim for the luggage to Nile Air

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What is the PIR of Nile Air?

The Nile Air Property Irregularity Report (PIR) number is a unique code that traces your lost or damaged baggage. It has a combination of 10 letters and numbers and it is demanded to claim to Nile Air.

  • Number of lost baggages
  • Type of disruption
  • Reference code so that Nile Air can track the suitcase
  • Flight
  • Date
  • Color and type
  • Name

Read about Nile Air cancellations

Nile Air cancelled flights notified more than fourteen days before date of departure:

Julian has received a text from Nile Air notifying him that his flight in 20 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 text from Nile Air he will be granted a compensation too.

Nile Air cancelled flight notified between seven and fourteen days before date of departure:

John has received a mail from Nile Air notifying him that his flight in 12 days is cancelled. He has a right to compensation as his flight was cancelled by Nile Air 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 four hours after the original scheduled arrival time.

Nile Air cancelled flight notified less than seven days before departure:

Mario has received a message from Nile Air telling him that his flight in 2 days is cancelled. He has a right to compensation as his flight was cancelled by Nile Air less than seven 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.

Nile Air denied boarding:

  • Do not get rid off boarding passes.
  • Ask why you’re being denied boarding.

Can I claim my flight delay directly to Nile Air?

First of all, if you want to claim directly to Nile Air, you should know your chances are scarce, since very often Nile Air tries to justify their flight delays with extraordinary circumstances that didn’t really happen, like bad weather. Therefore, it is advised to direct your claim through lexority.

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

Deadline to claim a flight to Nile Air: 2 to 5 years as a general rule, depending on the type of law that is applicable in each case.

  • Montreal Convention: two years
  • Eu law: two to ten years. It is necessary to the civil code for each country.

Documentation to claim successfully to Nile Air:

Flight

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Boarding pass

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Personal ID

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Expenses

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Some Tips to claim Nile Air

Don´t throw your receipts to claim Nile Air

Even though Nile Air has to refund the expenses, sometimes the airline doesn´t do it. Nile Air is allowed to ask for your receipts as proof before refunding you for the extra costs of your flight.

Nile Air flight delays: 3 or more hours

Nile Air delay must be higher than 3 hours to be granted a compensation.

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Nile Air overbooking: is it legal?

Overbooked Nile Air flight: When Nile Air sells more tickets than the possible number of passengers they can accommodate.

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

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

When the Nile Air passenger has received a flight ticket 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 Nile Air refuses them access to the plane.

How do I know how long the Nile Air flight delay has been?

Nile Air flight delay time

  1. Have a Lexority attorney to tell you how long the Nile Air flight delay was without a doubt. You have to be aware that the following webpages are not always accurate and need a payment record.
  2. Use the web http://www.flightstats.com/ where if you register you can see the Nile Air status of all flights including those of years ago.
  3. Another option is entering to Flight Radar where you can see the last 7 days Nile Air flight delays without registering. After registration you can also see delayed flights from up to 2 years ago.

Advice: When the Nile Air delay is very close to three hours, Flightradar24 is not 100% accurate, since it shows the time of landing, but not the exit from the plane, which is what the law imposes has to be taken in consideration.