Virgin Atlantic Airways Flight Delay Compensation

Richard Branson started Virgin Atlantic airways in 1984, with just one aeroplane. Since then, Virgin Atlantic has expanded rapidly, and now flies to 33 destinations located in six of the continents around the world Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Europe and Australia. Even though Virgin Atlantic have a fleet size of just 39 aircrafts (consisting of Airbus and Boeing wide-body jets), in 2012 Virgin carried 5.4 million passengers making it the 7th largest airline in the UK in terms of volume. Virgin Atlantic is the main competitor and rival of British Airways as they are the leading long-haul airlines in the UK.

Virgin is renowned for being a luxurious airline offering a high quality of service to their passengers. They operate the majority of their flights from London Heathrow airport to major cities such as Dubai, Cape Town, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tokyo and Delhi. All of their flights to the Caribbean and to Mexico operate from London Gatwick airport to destinations such as Barbados, St Lucia and Antigua for example. These destinations are all long-haul flights that are more prone to heavy delays. According to EC Regulation 261/2004 a passenger is entitled to claim flight compensation if they were subject to a delay of 3 hours or more. The amount of compensation that a passenger receives is always fixed (regardless of the flight cost). It is dependent on the length of the flight delay and the length of the journey itself. If the flight delay was 3 hours or more and meets the required criteria then it could entitle you to anything between 250 and 600 euros worth of compensation. A flight distance of 1500 km (e.g. London to Paris) with a delay of up to 3 hours would result in 250 euros worth of compensation. For a flight distance between 1500 km and 3500 km (between two EU member states) with a delay of up to 3 hours would result in 400 euros worth of compensation. To receive the maximum compensation of 600 euros, the flight length would have to be more than 3500 km (between any EU and non-EU airport e.g. London to New York) with a flight delay of at least 4 hours. If the delay was between 3 and 4 hours then this would only entitle you to 300 euros.

As the majority of Virgin Atlantic flights are long-haul flights between European and non-European airports means that the flight lengths are generally 3500 km or more. Therefore most of Virgin Atlantic Airways flight delay compensation claims are rewarded with either 300 or 600 euros. Blueway Limited (www.flightdelayrefunds.com) is a flight delay refunds company that have won thousands of flight delay compensation cases for passengers. Examples of a few of their success stories include (SFB) Orlando Sanford International Airport to (LGW) London Gatwick Airport (flight no. VS0016) in May 2008 and (LGW) London Gatwick Airport to (BGI) Bridgetown, Barbados (flight no. VS29) in October 2008. If you were on board one of these delayed flights or if you want to make a claim with regards to another Virgin Atlantic flight then don't delay, claim for Atlantic Airways today! Stephen Godden, Am the Author of this article to help you to get flight delay compensation if the flight is delays more than 3 hours. Find more details about European Flight Delay Compensation at http://www.flightdelayrefunds.com.