Air China Cargo
7h 54m late
CDGParis
CTUChengdu
- Flight
- CA3158
- Date
- September 30, 2026
- Departure
- 10:00 UTC
- Arrival
- 7h 54m late
- Compensation
- €600 per passenger
Delayed flight
CA3158 landed 7h 54m late on September 30, 2026
CA3158 CDG–CTU arrived 7h 54m late on September 30, 2026. EU 261 compensation for this distance is €600 per passenger.
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The short answer
Was CA3158 delayed long enough for EU 261 compensation?
Air China Cargo flight CA3158 from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport arrived 7h 54m late on September 30, 2026. That is past the three-hour mark in EU Regulation 261/2004. The route is 8,250 km. The statutory amount for this distance is €600 per passenger when the airline is responsible.
Delay check
How CA3158's delay measures up
EU 261 counts the delay at the arrival gate, when the doors open, not at take-off or touchdown.
7h 54mArrival delay at the gate
Past the 3-hour mark3h
4h
0h9h
- 3h — where EU 261 compensation starts
- 4h — full amount on flights over 3,500 km
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
- CA3158
- Airline
- Air China Cargo
- Date
- September 30, 2026
- Route
- CDG → CTU
- To
- Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)
- Scheduled departure
- 10:00 UTC
- Actual arrival
- 7h 54m late
- Distance
- 8,250 km
- Air China Cargo on this route
- 7 disruptions since September 6, 2026
Distance band
What this route is worth
CDG–CTU is 8,250 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 km
€250
1,500–3,500 km
€400
Over 3,500 kmThis flight
€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 7h 54m 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 CDG → CTU
- CA3158CDG → CTUParis – Chengdu · Air China Cargo · September 23, 202610h 42m late€600
- CA3158CDG → CTUParis – Chengdu · Air China Cargo · September 20, 20267h 25m late€600
- CA3158CDG → CTUParis – Chengdu · Air China Cargo · September 16, 20267h 37m late€600
- CA3158CDG → CTUParis – Chengdu · Air China Cargo · September 13, 20267h 30m late€600
- CA3158CDG → CTUParis – Chengdu · Air China Cargo · September 9, 20267h 54m late€600
- CA3158CDG → CTUParis – Chengdu · Air China Cargo · September 6, 20267h 52m late€600
Same airline
Other Air China Cargo disruptions
- CA3157CTU → ARNChengdu – Stockholm · September 30, 20266h 58m late€600
- CA1159CTU → ARNChengdu – Stockholm · September 30, 202611h 41m late€600
- CA3155CTU → ARNChengdu – Stockholm · September 30, 20269h 10m late€600
- CA1153CTU → ARNChengdu – Stockholm · September 29, 20266h 54m late€600
- CA3155CTU → ARNChengdu – Stockholm · September 27, 20265h 38m late€600
- CA1159CTU → ARNChengdu – Stockholm · September 27, 20265h 44m late€600
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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.