Flight compensation from Edinburgh Airport
- IATA code: EDI
- Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Scotland's busiest airport and a year-round easyJet and Ryanair base
Edinburgh handles more passengers than any other Scottish airport, with easyJet, Ryanair, Jet2 and Loganair short-haul plus transatlantic services to the United States and Canada. A tram links the terminal to the city centre in about half an hour, which matters when a late arrival costs you the last connection onwards. August, with the Festival in full swing, is the airport's stress test: full aircraft, full hotels and very little room to recover.
Your passenger rights
Departures from Edinburgh are covered by UK261, so a three-hour arrival delay is worth £220 on European routes and £520 on a transatlantic sector. One local difference matters: because the contract is governed by Scots law, the time limit for court action is five years rather than the six that applies in England and Wales. Flights into Edinburgh from an EU airport are handled under EC 261/2004 instead, with the same thresholds expressed in euros.
Tips for claiming
Scottish weather is a genuine defence, but only for the flights it actually affected: if other aircraft kept departing in the same window, say so in your claim. During Festival weeks airlines often re-route passengers via Glasgow or Newcastle with a coach transfer, which still counts as re-routing and leaves the compensation payable. Keep the tram or taxi receipt for the leg you ended up paying for twice.
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