Trade Air
3h 25m late
ATHAthens
TLVTel Aviv
- Flight
- 6H956
- Date
- 6 October 2026
- Departure
- 11:00 UTC
- Arrival
- 3h 25m late
- Compensation
- €250 per passenger
Delayed flight
6H956 landed 3h 25m late on 6 October 2026
6H956 ATH–TLV arrived 3h 25m late on 6 October 2026. EU 261 compensation for this distance is €250 per passenger.
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The short answer
Was 6H956 delayed long enough for EU 261 compensation?
Trade Air flight 6H956 from Athens to Tel Aviv – Ben Gurion International Airport arrived 3h 25m late on 6 October 2026. That is past the three-hour mark in EU Regulation 261/2004. The route is 1,194 km. The statutory amount for this distance is €250 per passenger when the airline is responsible.
Delay check
How 6H956’s delay measures up
EU 261 counts the delay at the arrival gate, when the doors open, not at take-off or touchdown.
3h 25mArrival delay at the gate
Past the 3-hour mark3h
0h6h
- 3h — where EU 261 compensation starts
Airlines can still refuse when the cause was outside their control, such as severe weather or air traffic control restrictions.
Flight record
What we recorded for this flight
Taken from live airport boards at the departure and arrival airports.
- Flight
- 6H956
- Airline
- Trade Air
- Date
- 6 October 2026
- Route
- ATH → TLV
- From
- Athens (ATH)
- To
- Tel Aviv – Ben Gurion International Airport (TLV)
- Scheduled departure
- 11:00 UTC
- Actual arrival
- 3h 25m late
- Distance
- 1,194 km
- Trade Air on this route
- 2 disruptions since 18 September 2026
Distance band
What this route is worth
ATH–TLV is 1,194 km by great-circle distance. EU Regulation 261/2004 fixes the amount by distance, so the ticket price makes no difference.
Up to 1,500 kmThis flight
€250
1,500–3,500 km
€400
Over 3,500 km
€600
Flights within the EU over 1,500 km are paid at €400, and arriving three to four hours late on a flight over 3,500 km halves the payment to €300.
Your rights
What you can claim for this delay
The rule
A delay of three hours or more at the destination is worth €250 to €600 per passenger, based on the distance flown.
This flight
We measured a 3h 25m arrival delay, which is past the three-hour threshold. The airline can still argue extraordinary circumstances.
How long you have
Claim windows run from one to six years depending on the country. Checking is free and takes about two minutes.
Same route
Other disruptions on ATH → TLV
- BZ703ATH → TLVAthens – Tel Aviv · Bluebird Airways · 5 October 20264h 2m late€250
- BZ703ATH → TLVAthens – Tel Aviv · Bluebird Airways · 2 October 20264h 57m late€250
- IZ214ATH → TLVAthens – Tel Aviv · Hi Fly · 1 October 20264h 29m late€250
- BZ705ATH → TLVAthens – Tel Aviv · FLYYO · 1 October 20263h 1m late€250
- BZ701ATH → TLVAthens – Tel Aviv · Bluebird Airways · 28 September 20263h 29m late€250
- BZ701ATH → TLVAthens – Tel Aviv · Bluebird Airways · 26 September 20263h 18m late€250
Same airline
Other Trade Air disruptions
Same airport
Other departures from Athens
- BA631ATH → LHRAthens – London · British Airways · 6 October 2026CancelledCheck
- AC899ATH → YULAthens – Montreal · Air Canada · 6 October 20266h 5m late€600
- KL1956ATH → AMSAthens – Amsterdam · KLM · 5 October 2026CancelledCheck
- D88921ATH → CPHAthens – Copenhagen · Norwegian · 5 October 20263h late€400
- BZ703ATH → TLVAthens – Tel Aviv · Bluebird Airways · 5 October 20264h 2m late€250
Flight data comes from public airport boards and is provided for information only. It is not legal advice, and an airline may dispute liability where the disruption was outside its control.