Delay Payout

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Dubai International Airport · Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 2 routes on this site

Dubai DXB delay compensation

Dubai International Airport is outside the EU, the UK, Canada and the United States, so no passenger-rights rule attaches to a departure from here on its own; what covers the flight depends on where it is going and who operates it. On this site it connects to 2 destinations in 2 countries, from 5,169 km to 5,498 km.

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  1. 1DXB routes here 2
  2. 2Countries reached 2
  3. 3Longest 5,498 km
  4. 4Shortest 5,169 km
Rules on a departure
Depends on the route
Destinations here
2
Longest route
LHR · 5,498 km
LHR · long-haul5,498 kmAMS · long-haul5,169 km
Great-circle distance from DXB to each destination on this site. Bars to scale from zero.

Which rules cover a flight at DXB

Leaving DXB. No single rule reaches every departure from here; it depends on the destination. UK261, EU261 reach some of them as well, depending on where the flight is going or who operates it.

Arriving at DXB. Coming the other way the rules do not line up with the airport, so this is by route: UK261 covers 1 of the 2, whatever the airline; EU261 covers 1 of the 2, whatever the airline; nothing else reaches an arrival here.

The trap on an inbound flight is that EU261 and UK261 follow the airline when the flight is arriving from outside, while they follow the airport on the way out — so a return leg can be uncovered when the outbound one was covered, or covered for a reason that has nothing to do with DXB. A claim is judged on the flight you were actually on. Each route page below sets out both directions.

What that pays, by distance from DXB

Under the EU and UK rules the amount is set by the great-circle distance to the final destination, not by the fare. From DXB the routes here fall into 1 band: 2 over 3,500 km. Compensation starts once you arrive 3 hours late at the final destination. On a flight over 3,500 km, the first hour band is reduced: €300 under EU261 and £260 under UK261 for 3 to 4 hours late, the full amount from 4 hours.

Flight out of DXB toDistanceBandWhat covers that flight, and what it pays
London LHR5,498 kmOver 3,500 kmUK261 £260 then £520 (only on an EU airline or a UK airline)
Amsterdam AMS5,169 kmOver 3,500 kmEU261 €300 then €600 (only on an EU airline); UK261 £260 then £520 (only on a UK airline)

Amounts are per passenger for a delay the airline is responsible for, read off the rule's own table at this distance. Where two are shown, the first is for arriving 3 to 4 hours late and the second from 4 hours — the reduction the EU and UK rules apply over 3,500 km. This column is the flight out of DXB; the return can be covered by something else, and each route page sets out both directions.

If the airline says no

This site covers the EU, UK, Canadian and US rules, and none of them attaches to a departure from Dubai on its own, so a refused claim on a flight from here turns on the rule that covers it at the other end and on the airline's own conditions of carriage. Local law in the United Arab Emirates may give rights of its own; this site has not checked it. Whichever body it is, it is the second step: write to the operating airline first, keep the reply, and claim for free — the fee comparison shows what a claim company would take out of the same payment.

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Sources: coordinates from OurAirports country file (AE), checked 2026-10-20; amounts and thresholds from Regulation (EC) No 261/2004, its UK version, SOR/2019-150 and 14 CFR Part 260, checked 2026-10-20. General information, not legal advice.