Cannes Mandelieu delays on Tuesday, 7 September 2021
Eurocontrol logged 1,134 minutes of air-traffic arrival delay at Cannes Mandelieu that day across 24 arrivals held 15 minutes or more out of 46 (52% of the day's arrivals), with 100% of the delay attributed to aerodrome capacity. That makes it the 15th worst day at Cannes Mandelieu since January 2019.
Eurocontrol record · LFMD · 2021-09-07
Delay codes are Eurocontrol's IATA-standard causes. None of this day's delay sits in the categories airlines usually plead as extraordinary.
Were you on a flight that day?
What this means if your flight was late
Under UK261 and EU261 you are owed £220, £350 or £520 (or €250, €400, €600) per passenger for arriving three hours or more late, unless the airline proves extraordinary circumstances that could not have been avoided even with all reasonable measures. Airport-wide records like this one are the airline's favourite evidence, and they cut both ways.
- The usual defences have little behind them on this day. The logged cause was aerodrome capacity, which is arguable at best. A refusal citing weather or air traffic control should be answered with this record.
- Cancelled that day? Compensation depends on notice: under 14 days and no close re-routing means it is due, subject to the same extraordinary-circumstances test. You are always owed a refund or re-routing and care while you wait.
- Delayed under three hours? No fixed compensation, but food, drink and communications were owed after two hours on a short flight, and reasonable expenses are recoverable.
The free check pulls your flight's own record (actual arrival time against schedule) and pairs it with this day's data, so the verdict and the letter are specific to your flight, not to the airport.
Other airports the same day
| Naples | 847 min | Aerodrome capacity |
| Athens | 518 min | ATC capacity |
| Catania | 241 min | Industrial action (ATC) |
| Cologne Bonn | 179 min | Aerodrome capacity |
| Khania Souda | 113 min | ATC capacity |
| Heraklion | 84 min | ATC capacity |
| Kos | 48 min | ATC capacity |
| Karpathos | 37 min | ATC capacity |
| Marseille Provence | 29 min | ATC equipment |
Other bad days at Cannes Mandelieu
| 3 June 2022 | 2,036 min | ATC capacity |
| 15 March 2022 | 1,782 min | ATC staffing |
| 9 September 2026 | 1,544 min | ATC capacity |
| 10 July 2020 | 1,510 min | Aerodrome capacity |
| 10 September 2021 | 1,447 min | ATC capacity |
| 9 September 2021 | 1,418 min | Aerodrome capacity |
| 3 September 2021 | 1,403 min | ATC capacity |
| 25 July 2020 | 1,398 min | ATC capacity |
Questions
My flight from Cannes Mandelieu on 7 September 2021 was delayed. Can I claim compensation?
If you arrived at your final destination 3 hours or more late, the starting position is £220 to £520 per passenger depending on distance. The airline can refuse only by proving extraordinary circumstances that affected your specific flight. Eurocontrol's record for this day does not show the kind of cause airlines usually plead, so a refusal on those grounds would be weak. Run the free check on your flight number for the verified answer.
Was the Cannes Mandelieu disruption on 7 September 2021 caused by weather?
No. Eurocontrol logged no weather-coded delay at Cannes Mandelieu on this day; the delay was attributed to aerodrome capacity.
Does a bad day at Cannes Mandelieu mean every delayed flight is exempt from compensation?
No. Air-traffic delay attributed to an airport explains some of the day's lateness, not all of it, and it is the airline that must prove your flight's delay was caused by it and could not have been avoided with reasonable measures such as schedule buffers and spare aircraft. Flights delayed by a technical fault, crew shortage or a late inbound aircraft from an unaffected airport are compensable regardless of what happened at Cannes Mandelieu.
Sources: Eurocontrol Performance Review Unit, airport arrival ATFM delay by cause (daily); METAR observations via the Iowa Environmental Mesonet archive. This page describes the airport's day; your flight's own record decides your claim. All Cannes Mandelieu delay days.