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Flight Compensation Calculator: EU261, UK261, GACA for African Travellers

Interactive 2026 calculator for African travellers: LOS/JNB/CPT/NBO/CAI/ACC/ADD flight delayed or cancelled — check EU261, UK261

Published by CheapFlightsAfricaPublished 14 May 2026Content updated 02 Jun 2026How we work

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Estimate EU261 / UK261 compensation

Answer for the flight that was disrupted (your final flight if you had a connection on one booking). Nothing you enter leaves this page.

Where did the flight depart from?

Where was it due to land?

Which kind of airline operated it?

Check “operated by” on your booking — a codeshare partner’s flight number does not count.

What happened?

Flight distance
What did the airline give as the reason?

Limits. This is an estimate, not legal advice. It models EU261 and UK261 only: compensation per passenger, set by distance; delays count at arrival and start at 3 hours; cancellations notified 14 days or more ahead and extraordinary circumstances are excluded; airlines may reduce the amount by half if they rerouted you close to your original times. Refunds, meals and hotels (“right to care”) are separate.

Official sources: EU Regulation 261/2004 (eur-lex.europa.eu) · UK CAA — Resolving travel problems · UK261 — official guidance (gov.uk)

Other rules can apply instead, for example GACA — Passenger Protection Regulation (Saudi Arabia), Canadian Transportation Agency — APPR, or the airline’s own conditions of carriage. We do not estimate those.

Flight Compensation Calculator for African Travellers — 2026

Interactive calculator to check compensation for delay, cancellation, or denied boarding based on the operating carrier. Covers EU261 (KLM, Lufthansa, Air France, Brussels, ITA, TAP), UK261 (BA, Virgin Atlantic — relevant for African-UK diaspora), Saudi GACA (Saudia, Flynas — relevant for Hajj/Umrah from LOS, JNB, NBO, CAI, ACC), Canada APPR (Air Canada, WestJet — for Africa-Canada diaspora). For African carriers (South African Airways, Kenya Airways, Ethiopian, Air Peace, RwandAir, Royal Air Maroc, EgyptAir), national civil aviation authority rules apply with right-to-care + refund obligations but no EU261-equivalent fixed compensation.

How to use: identify the operating carrier on your boarding pass (the airline actually flying the metal, not the codeshare marketer), select the event (delay / cancellation / denied boarding), enter delay hours if applicable, pick the distance bracket and the cause. The calculator shows the applicable framework + estimated compensation + AirHelp deep link for free verification.

Editorial note

Amounts are statutory and paid in the framework’s currency (EUR / GBP / SAR / CAD). Intra-Africa flights (e.g. JNB-NBO, LOS-ACC) operate under national civil aviation authority frameworks — SACAA, NCAA, KCAA, GCAA, ECAA — which provide right-to-care + refund but no fixed compensation. For disputed cases on EU/UK/GACA-eligible flights, AirHelp manages the claim for 25-35% of compensation obtained, only if the claim succeeds. No cost on loss.

Primary sources: eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2004/261/oj, caa.co.uk, gaca.gov.sa, otc-cta.gc.ca, caa.co.za (SACAA), ncaa.gov.ng (Nigeria), kcaa.or.ke (Kenya), afcac.org (AFCAC / SAATM).

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