Tenerife Airport Flight Delays or Cancellations

About Tenerife Airport

Usually due to bad weather, the flights arriving at Tenerife South Airport are not always on scheduled time and likewise not all the flights that take-off from Tenerife Airport sticks to their scheduled departure time. Statistics have shown that there are at least 5-6 delays of the flights that take-off from Tenerife Airport and which lands on TFS Airport. If you had been a victim of flight delays on arrival at Tenerife South Airport for 3 hours or more and had been travelling with a European Airline following European laws then as per EC Regulation 261/2004 you are allowed to ask for compensation from the airline. Flights departed from Tenerife Airport if flight gets delayed on arrival for more than 3 hours also entitled you to claim compensation up to 600€.

The important note that you need to remember here is that the delay should have been caused due to airlines negligence for your flight to claim compensation. Flight cancellations, Overbooked Flights, Missed Flight Connections, Re-routed flight delays, Denied Boarding are the other consequences which may entitle you to receive flight compensation. If the delay or cancellation is due to extraordinary circumstances such as volcanic eruption, earthquake, extremely bad weather or something hitting the engine of the plane then you cannot make a claim from the airlines.

Tenerife-South Airport

Tenerife-South Airport is located on the island of Tenerife (another airport located on the island of Tenerife is Tenerife North Airport) and is one of busiest airports in the Canary Islands. Tenerife South Airport was previously known as Tenerife South – Reina Sofia Airport named after Queen Sofia of Spain. Tenerife South Airport IATA code is “TFS” while “TFN” is the IATA Code for Tenerife North Airport. Tenerife Airport is known to handle millions of passengers annually. Tenerife TFS Airport flights carried more than 9 million passengers in 2014. TFS Airport consist of a three Storey building in which the Floor 0 is the main level and handles all the check-in, has waiting area for departing and arriving passengers and has all the service counters located in this level. The Transit corridors and office space are on Level 1 while level -1 (Basement Level) is equipped to handle additional luggage.

Tenerife South Airport major Destinations

The destinations to which the airport connects the air passengers to are Moscow, St. Petersburg, Dublin, Cork, Basel/Mulhouse, Berlin, Cologne, Dresden, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Zurich, Stuttgart, Munich, Alicante, Paris-Orly, Milan, Lyon, Vienna, Gran Canaria, London, Brussels, Manchester, Amsterdam, Bristol, Edinburgh, Warsaw, Poznan, Madrid, Reykjavik, Birmingham, Glasgow, Luxembourg, Barcelona, Copenhagen, Cardiff, Liverpool, Pisa, Valencia, Bucharest, Eindhoven, Charleroi, etc. The above mentioned cities are the major destinations to which TFS airport operates regular flights to apart from many other places.

List Of Airlines & Flights Destinations operating at Tenerife-South Airport

Flight Delays / Cancellation / Denied Boarding Problems

Flight delays or cancellations can be the reason of inconvenience usually faced by flight passengers, it’s even frustrating when you are denied boarding to board your flight. These issues were considered by European Union and thus EC Regulation 261/2004 was made in year 2004. EC Regulation 261/2004 entitles flight passengers to claim financial compensation up to 600€ for flight delays, flight cancellations and for denied boarding. To know further about your rights on flight delay, please read about EU 261 Rule. You are eligible to claim if the airline is responsible for flight delay, flight cancellation or for denied boarding due to oversold flight seats.

EU Air Passenger Rights EC Regulation 261/2004

European Union Regulation (EC) No. 261/2004 introduced in 2004 and came into effect from February 2005 establishes common EU rule on flight compensation and assistance to airline passengers in the event of denied boarding and of flights cancellation or delayed flights; repealing Regulation (EEC) No 295/91 of February 1991. EU 261/2004 rule states that air passengers are entitled to receive cash compensation of 250/400/600 € from airlines for the inconvenience caused due to flight delays or cancelled flight or if passengers are denied boarding due to overbooking of flight tickets by the airlines.

Claim Flights – Flight Compensation Firm

If your flight has been delayed or cancelled while you are travelling within Europe, flying with an EU registered flight and you want to claim reimbursement for the problem the airline has caused you, all you have to do is provide us with your flight details (flight number & flight date) and our claim experts will work with various other teams to collect data so that everything goes smoothly. Our team has access to flight information such as the time by which the flight was delayed, the reason for flight cancellation, flights departure and arrival time, etc. making us more likely to win the compensation.

Claim Yourself Delayed Flight Compensation

If your flight is delayed for more than 3 hours or if your flight has been cancelled without prior notice of 2 weeks or if you were denied boarding due to overbooking of flight tickets, you can use our free claim letter template to write the letter to airline to claim compensation for your delayed / cancelled / overbooked flight in accordance with EU Regulation 261/2004. EC Regulation 261/2004 entitles European Union air passengers to claim up to 600 € compensation for flight delay of 3 hours or more, flight cancellations or for denied boarding.

Calculate the amount Airline owes You

Passengers are often unaware of the law and end up claiming a very futile amount compared to what they are entitled to claim. At Claim Flights the exact compensation can be calculated with the help of the compensation calculator. Claim Flights takes up your case on a no win no fee basis and makes sure that you get right amount in time.