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Kefalonia International Airport "Anna Pollatou" (EFL): flight delays and compensation

Kefalonia International Airport "Anna Pollatou". As an EU airport, every flight departing from here is covered by EU Regulation 261/2004. Here is what to expect if your flight was delayed or cancelled here, or you were stranded.

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In short: Any flight departing from Kefalonia International Airport "Anna Pollatou" that arrives 3 or more hours late, is cancelled less than 14 days before departure, or is overbooked can give €250–600 per passenger. Departures: EU261 with any airline.

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About the airport

Kefalonia International Airport "Anna Pollatou" (EFL) serves Kefalonia, Greece. On the routes Eurostat reports, 703,880 passengers flew to or from it in 2024, the 213rd-highest among the 397 European airports we cover. Its busiest connections were to London, Athens, Manchester, London.

Every flight departing from here is covered by EU Regulation 261/2004, whatever the airline. Flights arriving here are covered if they depart from the EU, or if an EU airline operates them from outside the EU.

Busiest routes from Kefalonia – and what a delay is worth

The 15 busiest routes on Eurostat’s 2024 data, with the compensation for a 3-hour-plus delay or a late cancellation in each direction.

DestinationPassengers 2024DistanceFrom EFLReturn
London LGW142,1672,172 km€400£350
Athens ATH112,814302 km€250€250
Manchester MAN75,9382,428 km€400£350
London STN66,0552,195 km€400£350
Amsterdam AMS40,9441,993 km€400€400
Birmingham BHX40,7842,342 km€400£350
Bristol BRS40,7302,335 km€400£350
East Midlands EMA28,5182,343 km€400£350
Milan BGY28,1401,224 km€250€250
Leeds LBA26,1592,429 km€400£350
Rome FCO23,252813 km€250€250
Prague PRG20,7021,421 km€250€250
Vienna VIE20,4571,155 km€250€250
Newcastle NCL19,6622,511 km€400£350
London LHR17,5582,208 km€400£350

* only with an EU (or UK) airline. Passengers: Eurostat, both directions, routes reported by EU/EEA airports.

Air traffic flow delays at Kefalonia (2025)

EUROCONTROL records the delay imposed on arriving flights when the airport or the airspace around it cannot take more traffic (air traffic flow management, “ATFM”). In 2025, 4,055 flights arrived at EFL; 878 of them were held back this way, 576 by more than 15 minutes – an average of 5.59 minutes per arrival.

What caused the ATFM delay

  • ATC capacity99%
  • aerodrome capacity1%

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Worst days: 7 August 2025 – 1,103 minutes, mostly ATC capacity; 28 September 2025 – 872 minutes, mostly ATC capacity; 10 August 2025 – 588 minutes, mostly ATC capacity.

2026 so far (to 30 September 2026): 4,045 arrivals, 5.31 minutes of ATFM delay per arrival (better than 2025), mainly ATC capacity (96%) and aerodrome capacity (3%).

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What this means for a claim: ATFM delays come from weather (0% here), air traffic control capacity and staffing (99%) or airport limits – causes airlines often cite as extraordinary circumstances. They are only part of the story: most long delays come from the airline’s own operation (technical faults, crew, late inbound aircraft), which this data does not show. Source: EUROCONTROL.

Typical delay causes at Kefalonia International Airport "Anna Pollatou"

  • EUROCONTROL recorded 4,055 arrivals at EFL in 2025; 878 were held by air traffic flow restrictions, 576 of them by more than 15 minutes.
  • The largest single cause of this flow delay was ATC capacity (99%).
  • The worst day was 7 August 2025, with 1,103 minutes of flow delay, mostly ATC capacity.
  • Most long delays that earn compensation are not flow delays but airline problems – technical faults, crew shortages and late inbound aircraft – which do not count as extraordinary circumstances.

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    Local information

    • Ask the airline staff at the gate for the reason for the delay or cancellation and write it down; take a photo of the departure board.
    • From 2 hours’ delay (depending on distance) the airline must give you meals and drinks, and a hotel if you are stuck overnight – keep the receipts if you had to pay yourself.
    • If the airline rejects your claim, complain to the national enforcement body of the country where the flight departed (or arrived, for flights from outside the EU), or go to court.

    Frequently asked questions

    Can I claim compensation for a flight departing from Kefalonia International Airport "Anna Pollatou"?

    Yes. EFL is an EU airport, so every flight departing from it is covered by EU Regulation 261/2004, whatever the airline and wherever it is based.

    Can I claim compensation for a flight arriving at Kefalonia International Airport "Anna Pollatou"?

    If the flight departed from an EU airport: yes, with any airline. If it departed from the UK: yes, under UK261, with any airline. If it departed from elsewhere: only if an EU airline operated it.

    How is the length of the delay measured?

    By your arrival time at your final destination – more precisely, the moment the aircraft door opens at the gate. It must be at least 3 hours after the scheduled arrival time.

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    Information only, not legal advice. Passenger figures are approximate and based on the airports' published statistics; punctuality figures are from the UK Civil Aviation Authority. We earn a commission when a claim submitted through our partner links is successful.

    Sources

    1. Eurostat – air passenger transport routes between partner airports and main airports (2024) – Eurostat
    2. EUROCONTROL – airport arrival ATFM delays (open performance data) – EUROCONTROL

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