In short: Dublin–Bordeaux is 1,037 km. A 3-hour-plus delay or a late cancellation is worth €250 per passenger from Dublin and €250 from Bordeaux. 152,445 passengers used the route in 2024.
What you can claim on this route
| Direction | Rules | Covered airlines | 3 h+ delay / late cancellation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dublin → Bordeaux | EU261 | any airline | €250 |
| Bordeaux → Dublin | EU261 | any airline | €250 |
The amount depends only on distance (1,037 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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Air traffic flow delays at Dublin (DUB)
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, 127,668 flights arrived at DUB; 1,624 of them were held back this way, 918 by more than 15 minutes – an average of 0.33 minutes per arrival.
What caused the ATFM delay
Average ATFM delay per arrival by month (min)
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Worst days: 3 October 2025 – 7,665 minutes, mostly weather; 14 September 2025 – 6,143 minutes, mostly weather; 31 August 2025 – 4,626 minutes, mostly weather.
2026 so far (to 30 September 2026): 100,668 arrivals, 0.36 minutes of ATFM delay per arrival (worse than 2025), mainly aerodrome capacity (52%) and weather (38%).
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What this means for a claim: ATFM delays come from weather (72% 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.
Air traffic flow delays at Bordeaux (BOD)
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, 25,839 flights arrived at BOD; 1,185 of them were held back this way, 554 by more than 15 minutes – an average of 0.89 minutes per arrival.
What caused the ATFM delay
Average ATFM delay per arrival by month (min)
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Worst days: 8 May 2025 – 1,358 minutes, mostly ATC staffing; 20 April 2025 – 1,075 minutes, mostly ATC staffing; 9 March 2025 – 856 minutes, mostly ATC staffing.
2026 so far (to 30 September 2026): 20,296 arrivals, 1.37 minutes of ATFM delay per arrival (worse than 2025), mainly ATC capacity (60%) and ATC staffing (18%).
Air traffic control strike days recorded for BOD since 2024: 14 January 2024 (2,205 min); 15 January 2024 (125 min); 17 January 2024 (64 min); 5 December 2024 (60 min); 3 July 2025 (758 min); 4 July 2025 (74 min); 18 September 2025 (729 min).
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What this means for a claim: ATFM delays come from weather (2% here), air traffic control capacity and staffing (79%), ATC strikes (7%) 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
- Dublin – Amsterdam1,297,903 pax
- Dublin – Málaga831,629 pax
- Dublin – Barcelona713,060 pax
- Dublin – Paris697,102 pax
- Dublin – Faro666,741 pax
- Bordeaux – Paris628,711 pax
- Dublin – Madrid600,997 pax
- Dublin – Frankfurt554,743 pax
- Dublin – Lisbon543,726 pax
- Dublin – Rome502,859 pax
- Dublin – Lanzarote476,266 pax
- Dublin – Brussels469,861 pax
- Dublin – Berlin416,389 pax
- Dublin – Munich385,202 pax
Frequently asked questions
How much compensation for a delayed Dublin–Bordeaux flight?
The great-circle distance is 1,037 km. From Dublin: €250 per passenger (EU261, any airline). From Bordeaux: €250 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 Dublin–Bordeaux flight covered if the airline is not European?
Yes. Both airports apply EU261 (or UK261) to every departing flight, so the airline’s nationality does not matter in either direction.
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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