No. If the flight is canceled, the financial compensation is not due in the event that

  • the airline can prove that the cancellation of the flight was caused by exceptional circumstances: for example adverse weather conditions, strikes, sudden and unforeseeable failures of the flight from the point of view of safety (as required by points 14 and 15 in the introduction to Reg. (EC) no. 261/04) 261/04)
  • the passenger has been informed of the cancellation:
    • with at least two weeks’ notice
    • in the period from two weeks to seven days before the departure date and in the event that an alternative flight is offered, departing no more than two hours earlier than the originally scheduled time and arriving at the final destination no later than four hours later the originally scheduled time
    • less than seven days before and in the event that an alternative flight is offered departing no more than one hour before the originally scheduled time and arriving at the final destination no later than two hours after the originally scheduled time