Air Austral
4h 49m late
NBONairobi
CDGParis
- Flight
- UU973
- Date
- 2 October 2026
- Departure
- 04:00 UTC
- Arrival
- 08:48 UTC
- Compensation
- €600 per passenger
Delayed flight
UU973 landed 4h 49m late on 2 October 2026
UU973 NBO–CDG arrived 4h 49m late on 2 October 2026. EU 261 compensation for this distance is €600 per passenger.
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The short answer
Was UU973 delayed long enough for EU 261 compensation?
Air Austral flight UU973 from Nairobi – Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to Paris Charles de Gaulle arrived 4h 49m late on 2 October 2026. That is past the three-hour mark in EU Regulation 261/2004. The route is 6,495 km. The statutory amount for this distance is €600 per passenger when the airline is responsible.
Delay check
How UU973’s delay measures up
EU 261 counts the delay at the arrival gate, when the doors open, not at take-off or touchdown.
4h 49mArrival delay at the gate
Past the 3-hour mark3h
4h
0h6h
- 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
- UU973
- Airline
- Air Austral
- Date
- 2 October 2026
- Route
- NBO → CDG
- From
- Nairobi – Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)
- Scheduled departure
- 04:00 UTC
- Actual arrival
- 08:48 UTC
- Distance
- 6,495 km
- Air Austral on this route
- 2 disruptions since 21 September 2026
Distance band
What this route is worth
NBO–CDG is 6,495 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 4h 49m 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 NBO → CDG
- KQ112NBO → CDGNairobi – Paris · Kenya Airways · 30 September 2026CancelledCheck
- KQ112NBO → CDGNairobi – Paris · Kenya Airways · 25 September 20264h 15m late€600
- UU973NBO → CDGNairobi – Paris · Air Austral · 21 September 20263h 23m late€300
- AF754NBO → CDGNairobi – Paris · Air France · 13 September 202617h 34m late€600
- AF754NBO → CDGNairobi – Paris · Air France · 11 September 2026CancelledCheck
- AF754NBO → CDGNairobi – Paris · Air France · 9 September 2026CancelledCheck
Same airline
Other Air Austral disruptions
Same airport
Other departures from Nairobi – Jomo Kenyatta International Airport
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.