Marseille Provence delays on Monday, 20 November 2023
Eurocontrol logged 1,392 minutes of air-traffic arrival delay at Marseille Provence that day across 20 arrivals held 15 minutes or more out of 95 (21% of the day's arrivals), with 100% of the delay attributed to industrial action (atc). That makes it the 29th worst day at Marseille Provence since January 2019.
Eurocontrol record · LFML · 2023-11-20
Delay codes are Eurocontrol's IATA-standard causes. 100% of this day's delay sits in categories airlines usually plead as extraordinary circumstances.
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.
- Expect the airline to cite industrial action (atc). That is a real argument on this day, but it only covers delay actually caused by it. The airline must show the link to your flight and that it had reserve time and spare aircraft in place (Eglītis v Air Baltic). A flight that left late because the inbound aircraft was stuck on a technical fault is compensable whatever the weather did.
- 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
| Bordeaux Mérignac | 1,558 min | Industrial action (ATC) |
| Lisbon | 1,146 min | Aerodrome capacity |
| Paris Orly | 1,047 min | Industrial action (ATC) |
| Barcelona | 929 min | Weather |
| London Heathrow | 787 min | Weather |
| Málaga | 661 min | Special event |
| Valencia | 614 min | Weather |
| Zürich | 394 min | Aerodrome capacity |
| Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen | 276 min | Aerodrome capacity |
Other bad days at Marseille Provence
| 13 March 2023 | 7,546 min | ATC staffing |
| 16 February 2023 | 3,754 min | Industrial action (ATC) |
| 13 October 2023 | 3,312 min | Industrial action (ATC) |
| 28 October 2025 | 3,306 min | ATC equipment |
| 7 March 2023 | 2,678 min | Industrial action (ATC) |
| 24 March 2023 | 2,554 min | Industrial action (ATC) |
| 6 April 2023 | 2,502 min | Industrial action (ATC) |
| 30 April 2023 | 2,320 min | Industrial action (ATC) |
Questions
My flight from Marseille Provence on 20 November 2023 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. On this day Eurocontrol attributed 100% of Marseille Provence's air-traffic delay to industrial action (atc), so expect that argument; it still has to be linked to your flight. Run the free check on your flight number for the verified answer.
Was the Marseille Provence disruption on 20 November 2023 caused by weather?
No. Eurocontrol logged no weather-coded delay at Marseille Provence on this day; the delay was attributed to industrial action (atc).
Does a bad day at Marseille Provence 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 Marseille Provence.
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 Marseille Provence delay days.