In short: Antalya–Friedrichshafen is 2,111 km. A 3-hour-plus delay or a late cancellation is worth €400 per passenger from Antalya (only an EU airline) and €400 from Friedrichshafen. 29,310 passengers used the route in 2024.
What you can claim on this route
| Direction | Rules | Covered airlines | 3 h+ delay / late cancellation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antalya → Friedrichshafen | EU261 | only an EU airline | €400 |
| Friedrichshafen → Antalya | EU261 | any airline | €400 |
The amount depends only on distance (2,111 km, measured as the great circle between the airports) – not on the ticket price – and is paid per passenger, children included. Whatever the cause, from 2 hours’ delay the airline must provide care (meals, drinks, a hotel overnight), and after a cancellation you choose between a refund or re-routing.
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Strikes that could affect this route
- 2026-11-15, Germany: Lufthansa pilots (Vereinigung Cockpit) (watch)
Strikes by air traffic controllers or airport staff usually count as extraordinary circumstances; strikes by the airline’s own staff usually do not. Strike calendar.
Air traffic flow delays at Antalya (AYT)
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, 116,428 flights arrived at AYT; 8,619 of them were held back this way, 2,226 by more than 15 minutes – an average of 0.90 minutes per arrival.
What caused the ATFM delay
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Worst days: 7 October 2025 – 4,028 minutes, mostly weather; 9 August 2025 – 3,534 minutes, mostly aerodrome capacity; 5 July 2025 – 3,319 minutes, mostly aerodrome capacity.
2026 so far (to 30 September 2026): 88,397 arrivals, 0.28 minutes of ATFM delay per arrival (better than 2025), mainly aerodrome capacity (89%) and other (5%).
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What this means for a claim: ATFM delays come from weather (8% here), air traffic control capacity and staffing (1%) 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.
Other routes from these airports
- Antalya – Istanbul2,357,074 pax
- Antalya – Istanbul1,743,262 pax
- Antalya – Düsseldorf1,119,151 pax
- Antalya – Cologne1,022,489 pax
- Antalya – Ankara823,201 pax
- Antalya – Hanover786,898 pax
- Antalya – Berlin747,904 pax
- Antalya – Chișinău666,743 pax
- Antalya – Frankfurt664,475 pax
- Antalya – Warsaw657,567 pax
- Antalya – Katowice643,042 pax
- Antalya – Stuttgart599,344 pax
- Antalya – Munich588,254 pax
- Antalya – Hamburg559,360 pax
Frequently asked questions
How much compensation for a delayed Antalya–Friedrichshafen flight?
The great-circle distance is 2,111 km. From Antalya: €400 per passenger (EU261, only an EU airline). From Friedrichshafen: €400 per passenger (EU261, any airline). The delay at your final destination must be 3 hours or more, and the airline must not be able to prove extraordinary circumstances.
Is a Antalya–Friedrichshafen flight covered if the airline is not European?
Departures from an EU or UK airport are covered with any airline. From Antalya (Turkey) you are covered only on an EU-licensed airline flying into the EU (or a UK/EU airline into the UK).
What if the flight was cancelled?
You can choose a refund or re-routing, get care while you wait, and – unless you were told at least 14 days before departure or the airline proves extraordinary circumstances – fixed compensation. Cancelled flight compensation.
Passenger numbers: Eurostat 2024 (passengers carried between the two airports, both directions). Delay data: EUROCONTROL. Information only, not legal advice.
Sources
- Eurostat – air passenger transport routes between partner airports and main airports (2024) – Eurostat
- EUROCONTROL – airport arrival ATFM delays (open performance data) – EUROCONTROL
- Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 – EUR-Lex
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