Flight delay compensation

Flight delay compensation in Georgia

Georgia has its own rules on compensation and assistance, modelled on the European ones. Arrive three hours or more late and you may be owed €250 to €600, by distance. Here is what the rules say and a claim you can send today.

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What the Georgian rules say

Compensation: 3+ h late on arrival: you may be owed €250–€600, by distance.
While you wait: Meals and drinks are owed from 2 h on short flights, 4 h on the longest.
Refund or rebooking: From 5 h: you can give up the trip and get the fare back.
When nothing is owed: No compensation if the airline proves extraordinary circumstances.

These are the lines AirwayControl shows for a route under these rules, word for word.

Which flights are covered

Departing Georgia, or flying a Georgian airline into it.

Where to send a claim

The claim goes to the airline that operated the flight, through its own website or the address it publishes for complaints. Write to the airline first; an authority comes after.

The official page

For what the rules are and where a complaint goes when the airline says no or does not answer: gcaa.ge.

A claim you can send today

This is the claim AirwayControl writes for a flight under the Georgian rules. It names the rules, asks for what they provide and asks the airline to give its reasons if it says no. It names no sum. Fill in the brackets and send it from your own email.

Dear [airline],

I am writing about flight [flight number] on [date]. I am claiming the compensation and assistance I am entitled to as a passenger on that flight.

Flight details
Flight number: [flight number]
Date: [date]
Route: [from] to [to]
Scheduled arrival: [time]
Booking reference: [reference]

[What happened: for example, "The flight arrived 3 hours 20 minutes late" or "The flight was cancelled on the day".]

I understand this flight is covered by the Georgian rules on compensation and assistance to passengers (GCAA order no. 122 of 2012, modelled on Regulation 261/2004), and I am claiming the compensation and any right to care that applies. If you consider that extraordinary circumstances apply, please set out what they were.

Please confirm receipt and let me know the outcome in writing. If you consider that compensation is not due, please tell me the specific reason and the evidence you rely on.

Kind regards,
[your name]

AirwayControl

Or let the app fill it in.

AirwayControl is a flight tracker for iPhone and Apple Watch. Set your flight before you leave, and it follows the day for you. If the day goes wrong, it already knows the details the claim needs.

It tells you when it matters. A notification when your flight lands three hours late or more.
It knows which rules cover your route. EU 261, UK 261 and the rules of 18 more countries, in plain words.
It fills in the claim. Airline, flight number, date and route come from My Flight.
You send it. From your own email, or through the airline's own claim form with every answer ready to copy.
No fee and no share. AirwayControl never takes a part of what you receive.

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Questions people ask

How much is flight delay compensation in Georgia?

3+ h late on arrival: you may be owed €250–€600, by distance. No compensation if the airline proves extraordinary circumstances.

What am I owed while I wait?

Meals and drinks are owed from 2 h on short flights, 4 h on the longest. From 5 h: you can give up the trip and get the fare back.

Which flights do the Georgian rules cover?

Departing Georgia, or flying a Georgian airline into it.

Is AirwayControl a claims company?

No. It tells you which rules cover your route and writes the claim, and you send it from your own email. AirwayControl never sends or handles a claim for you, and takes no share.

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General information about air passenger rules, not legal advice and not a promise of payment. Your airline decides; a complaints body decides on appeal. AirwayControl never submits or handles claims: the mail is yours, from your own account. Rules last checked 9 August 2026. AirwayControl is not affiliated with any airline.

The Georgian rules, official page: gcaa.ge.