Tunisair
3h 57m late
TUNTunis
VCEVenice
- Flight
- TU472
- Date
- October 3, 2026
- Departure
- 09:50 UTC
- Arrival
- 13:47 UTC
- Compensation
- €250 per passenger
Delayed flight
TU472 landed 3h 57m late on October 3, 2026
TU472 TUN–VCE arrived 3h 57m late on October 3, 2026. EU 261 compensation for this distance is €250 per passenger.
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- Checked against official flight records
The short answer
Was TU472 delayed long enough for EU 261 compensation?
Tunisair flight TU472 from Tunis – Carthage International Airport to Venice Marco Polo arrived 3h 57m late on October 3, 2026. That is past the three-hour mark in EU Regulation 261/2004. The route is 979 km. The statutory amount for this distance is €250 per passenger when the airline is responsible.
Delay check
How TU472's delay measures up
EU 261 counts the delay at the arrival gate, when the doors open, not at take-off or touchdown.
3h 57mArrival 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
- TU472
- Airline
- Tunisair
- Date
- October 3, 2026
- Route
- TUN → VCE
- From
- Tunis – Carthage International Airport (TUN)
- Scheduled departure
- 09:50 UTC
- Actual arrival
- 13:47 UTC
- Distance
- 979 km
- Tunisair on this route
- 1 disruption since October 3, 2026
Distance band
What this route is worth
TUN–VCE is 979 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 57m 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 airline
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- TU757MXP → TUNMilan – Tunis · October 2, 20263h 16m late€250
- TU756TUN → MXPTunis – Milan · October 2, 20263h 2m late€250
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Same airport
Other departures from Tunis – Carthage International Airport
- TU724TUN → CDGTunis – Paris · Tunisair · October 3, 20264h 22m late€250
- TU722TUN → CDGTunis – Paris · Tunisair · October 3, 20265h 35m late€250
- TU716TUN → ORYTunis – Paris · Tunisair · October 3, 2026CancelledCheck
- Z7627TUN → BTSTunis – Bratislava · CAMEX Airlines · October 2, 20263h 4m late€250
- TU756TUN → MXPTunis – Milan · Tunisair · October 2, 20263h 2m late€250
- TU752TUN → FCOTunis – Rome · Tunisair · October 2, 20264h 15m 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.