In short: Chișinău–Frankfurt is 1,627 km. A 3-hour-plus delay or a late cancellation is worth €400 per passenger from Chișinău (only an EU airline) and €400 from Frankfurt. 30,387 passengers used the route in 2024.
What you can claim on this route
| Direction | Rules | Covered airlines | 3 h+ delay / late cancellation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chișinău → Frankfurt | EU261 | only an EU airline | €400 |
| Frankfurt → Chișinău | EU261 | any airline | €400 |
The amount depends only on distance (1,627 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 Chișinău (RMO)
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, 22,308 flights arrived at RMO; 0 of them were held back this way, 0 by more than 15 minutes – an average of 0.00 minutes per arrival.
What caused the ATFM delay
Average ATFM delay per arrival by month (min)
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2026 so far (to 30 September 2026): 18,016 arrivals, 0.00 minutes of ATFM delay per arrival (better than 2025).
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What this means for a claim: ATFM delays come from weather (0% here), air traffic control capacity and staffing (0%) 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
- Chișinău – Antalya666,743 pax
- Chișinău – Istanbul417,998 pax
- Chișinău – Warsaw147,681 pax
- Chișinău – Vienna141,692 pax
- Chișinău – Dublin136,605 pax
- Chișinău – Bucharest135,075 pax
- Frankfurt – Palma de Mallorca132,988 pax
- Chișinău – Milan118,110 pax
- Chișinău – Frankfurt89,719 pax
- Chișinău – Venice80,939 pax
- Chișinău – Bologna75,729 pax
- Chișinău – Crete75,195 pax
- Frankfurt – Catania70,017 pax
- Frankfurt – Tirana61,318 pax
Frequently asked questions
How much compensation for a delayed Chișinău–Frankfurt flight?
The great-circle distance is 1,627 km. From Chișinău: €400 per passenger (EU261, only an EU airline). From Frankfurt: €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 Chișinău–Frankfurt flight covered if the airline is not European?
Departures from an EU or UK airport are covered with any airline. From Chișinău (Moldova) 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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