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Northwestern Air flight compensation (2026)

If your Northwestern Air flight was delayed 3+ hours, cancelled, or overbooked, you may be legally owed cash compensation under Canada’s APPR. Here is what the law says, and how to claim it yourself without giving 35% to a claims company.

How much is a Northwestern Air claim worth?

Arrival delayLarge carrierSmall carrier
3–6 hoursCAD 400CAD 125
6–9 hoursCAD 700CAD 250
9+ hoursCAD 1,000CAD 500

For disruptions within the carrier's control and not required for safety, under Canada's APPR (SOR/2019-150).

The airline will say "extraordinary circumstances"

That is a defence the airline must PROVE, and it bears the burden. Technical faults, the airline's own staff strikes, and knock-on delays generally do NOT count. Make them show contemporaneous evidence.

How far back can I claim?

Canada (APPR): file with the airline within 1 year of the incident.

What you get

Run the free checker below. If you're owed, a flat-fee pack gives you a demand letter with the exact citations, a regulator escalation letter, and a rebuttal playbook — you send it and keep 100%.

Open a claim — free