In short: Vilnius–Tivat is 1,442 km. A 3-hour-plus delay or a late cancellation is worth €250 per passenger from Vilnius and €250 from Tivat (only an EU airline). 37,563 passengers used the route in 2024.
What you can claim on this route
| Direction | Rules | Covered airlines | 3 h+ delay / late cancellation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vilnius → Tivat | EU261 | any airline | €250 |
| Tivat → Vilnius | EU261 | only an EU airline | €250 |
The amount depends only on distance (1,442 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.
Check your Vilnius–Tivat flight
Two minutes, free, no sign-up.
Air traffic flow delays at Vilnius (VNO)
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, 20,837 flights arrived at VNO; 17 of them were held back this way, 10 by more than 15 minutes – an average of 0.02 minutes per arrival.
What caused the ATFM delay
Average ATFM delay per arrival by month (min)
- J
- F
- M
- A
- M
- J
- J
- A
- S
- O
- N
- D
Worst days: 8 November 2025 – 94 minutes, mostly other; 25 October 2025 – 90 minutes, mostly other; 26 November 2025 – 56 minutes, mostly accident/incident.
2026 so far (to 30 September 2026): 16,743 arrivals, 0.01 minutes of ATFM delay per arrival (better than 2025), mainly other (84%) and accident/incident (16%).
Check what happened at VNO on your travel day →
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
- Vilnius – Antalya376,368 pax
- Tivat – Belgrade316,662 pax
- Vilnius – Warsaw288,203 pax
- Vilnius – Riga254,505 pax
- Vilnius – Frankfurt232,886 pax
- Vilnius – Istanbul184,889 pax
- Vilnius – Oslo163,000 pax
- Vilnius – Rome154,454 pax
- Vilnius – Barcelona146,514 pax
- Vilnius – Copenhagen144,661 pax
- Tivat – Istanbul142,774 pax
- Vilnius – Helsinki136,588 pax
- Vilnius – Stockholm132,071 pax
- Vilnius – Berlin124,006 pax
Frequently asked questions
How much compensation for a delayed Vilnius–Tivat flight?
The great-circle distance is 1,442 km. From Vilnius: €250 per passenger (EU261, any airline). From Tivat: €250 per passenger (EU261, only an EU 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 Vilnius–Tivat flight covered if the airline is not European?
Departures from an EU or UK airport are covered with any airline. From Tivat (Montenegro) 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
We check every rule against the sources above. Spotted an error? Tell us – see our editorial policy.