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For flights that cover distances of more than 3500 km outside the European Union, you are entitled to assistance if the flight is delayed for at least 4 hours.<\/p>\n<p>The right to assistance involves:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>meals and drinks in relation to the waiting time<\/li>\n<li>hotel accommodation, in the event that one or more overnight stays are required<\/li>\n<li>transfer from the airport to the place of accommodation and vice versa<\/li>\n<li>two telephone calls or messages via telex, fax or e-mail<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If the delay is at least 5 hours, the passenger has the possibility to cancel the flight without having to pay penalties and to obtain a refund of the ticket price for the part of the trip not made.<\/p>\n<p>In some cases, you are also entitled to financial compensation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","argomento-faq":[457],"class_list":["post-46274","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry","argomento-faq-passengers-rights"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What am I entitled to in the event of a prolonged flight delay? - Ente Nazionale per l&#039;Aviazione Civile<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.enac.gov.it\/en\/faq\/what-am-i-entitled-to-in-the-event-of-a-prolonged-flight-delay\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What am I entitled to in the event of a prolonged flight delay? - Ente Nazionale per l&#039;Aviazione Civile\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"For intra-community and non-EU flights traveling distances of less than or equal to 1500 km, you are entitled to assistance if the flight is delayed for at least 2 hours. 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