Canada Jetlines bankruptcy affects European travellers

Canada Jetlines, a Canadian airline established just in 2022, filed for bankruptcy. This also affects European travellers flying between the Netherlands and popular summer destinations. Some passengers of cancelled flights might be eligible for compensation.

Canada Jetlines files for bankruptcy

Due to lack of funds, Canada Jetlines announced on the 15th of August 2024, that it filed for bankruptcy and grounded all its planes. The airline was established only in 2022 and since then has been operating flights mostly between Canada and the popular holiday destinations in the Caribbean.

It’s yet another Canadian airline to stop operating in the last 12 months, following Lynx Air (ceased operations in February 2024) and Swoop (integrated into WestJet in October 2023).

Corendon Dutch Airlines affected by Canada Jetlines bankruptcy

But not only Canadian travellers might be impacted by the Canada Jetlines’s fiasco. Earlier this year, the airline decided to wet-lease two of its aircraft to the Netherlands-based Corendon Dutch Airlines.

What is an aircraft wet-lease? It’s basically operating a flight on behalf of another airline by leasing out not only the plane but also crew, insurance, and more.

The two Canada Jetlines planes used by Corendon are now grounded, leaving the Dutch airline with an unforeseen problem. Corendon is unlikely to find a quick replacement for these two planes and the crew operating them. Hence, flight cancellations are to be expected.

Which Corendon flights are affected?

The two planes leased to Corendon were operating flights on several routes from the Netherlands (mostly from Rotterdam but also some from Maastricht), including to Turkey (Izmir, Antalya, Kayseri), Morocco (Al Hoceima, Nador), Bulgaria (Burgas), Greece (Heraklion, Zakynthos). Passengers with flights booked to these locations are most likely to be affected.

What are my rights if my Corendon flight gets cancelled?

Passengers of Corendon Dutch Airlines are protected by the European Air Passenger Rights Regulation known as EU261. Here is what it guarantees:

• If the flight gets cancelled within the last 14 days prior to the planned departure, a passenger can request flight compensation of 250-600 EUR per passenger, according to the EU Regulation 261. The routes handled by Corendon mostly qualify for 400 EUR compensation per passenger.
• If the flights get cancelled earlier than during the last 14 days prior to the planned departure, passengers are not eligible for compensation under the EU Regulation 261.
• In both scenarios, the passenger should be offered an alternative flight by the airline. If no alternative flight is offered, passengers can claim a full monetary ticket refund. If an alternative flight is offered but the passenger does not want to travel anymore, they can refuse the alternative flight and request a full monetary ticket refund instead.

How to claim Corendon flight compensation?

At Flight-Delayed.co.uk we handle the whole complicated process of retrieving flight compensation for you. Since 2010, we have helped over a million passengers in claiming their well-deserved flight compensation.

Submitting your claim on our website takes less than 5 minutes and guarantees that your case is being handled by air passenger rights experts. We will thoroughly investigate your flight disruption, prepare documentation, contact the airline legal representatives and, in case the airline denies compensation at first, fight for your rights in court. We work with lawyers across the whole of Europe which means we are able to handle virtually all flight compensation cases.

For your convenience, we operate on a ‘no win, no fee’ basis. We will only charge a percentage of your compensation if we win the case for you.

You can also submit with us a compensation claim for a delayed or cancelled flight from years ago. In some cases, passengers can claim compensation for flights from even 5-10 years ago.