Storm Boelo at Dublin Airport: cancellations and your rights
At a glance
Dublin Airport said, as reported by ITV, that airlines had cancelled nine departures and ten arrivals by 16:00 local time on 24 October because of the weather. The 19 movements are a dated snapshot, not a final daily total. Check your booking and assistance offered even where the storm may exclude fixed compensation.
19 movements
cancelled at Dublin by 16:00 local time
24 October
dated snapshot, not the final daily outcome
Care
may apply separately from fixed compensation
In this article
Quick facts
Facts checked
- Airport
- Dublin Airport (DUB)
- Snapshot
- 24 October, 16:00 local time (BST)
- Scale
- 9 departures + 10 arrivals cancelled
- Source
- Airport statement relayed by ITV
Confirmed: ITV relays the airport’s statement of 19 cancellations by 16:00. Six arrivals went around; five landed on a second attempt and one diverted before returning.
Still uncertain: The final daily count, a complete official flight-number list, passenger numbers and later knock-on effects. One cancellation may appear in several reports.
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Check the whole Dublin booking
Read your airline’s notice, check connections and ask whether the offered replacement takes you to your final destination.
Review a specific rerouting offer
Cancellation may involve reimbursement or rerouting under the applicable rules. Check the travel date and connections before accepting an alternative.
Ask for care during the wait
When conditions are met, meals and necessary accommodation with transport may be due. Keep reasonable receipts if the airline does not provide help.
Record your actual final arrival
Save your ticket, cancellation notice, replacement itinerary and documented cause. Record when you actually reach the final destination.
Your passenger rights
Dublin departures normally fall under EU261. Arrivals from outside the EU depend, among other things, on the operating carrier. Loganair’s UK domestic journeys require a separate assessment; Airlate does not handle UK261.
Rerouting or reimbursement
For a cancellation covered by EU261, you may be entitled to choose reimbursement or rerouting under the regulation’s conditions. A weather warning alone does not give the same right if your flight operates.
Care is assessed separately
A qualifying wait may involve care even where fixed compensation is not payable. Check what the airline offers for meals, accommodation and necessary transport.
The weather-related cause needs evidence
Storm winds incompatible with safe flight can be extraordinary circumstances. The airline needs to establish the link to your disruption and show that reasonable measures were taken.
24 October snapshot, 16:00 local time
- Dublin’s nine departures and ten arrivals make 19 cancelled movements at the reporting time.
- Go-arounds and diversions are different from cancellations and should not be added as further cancelled flights.
- The earlier eleven-movement Ireland assessment overlaps Dublin’s figures and is not an additional total.
Why do the reports show different counts?
Time, geographic scope and counting method can differ. The later Dublin statement concerns one airport by 16:00; TRAVEL Extra’s earlier Ireland list also includes Cork–Amsterdam KL1123/KL1124. The two should not be added without checking overlap.
For your journey, the personal notice matters more than a headline total. Check the operating carrier, every flight on the same booking and the actual final arrival time.
Loganair and Scotland: check a different legal scope
Loganair has a separate dated list of cancelled Saturday flights and warns of further disruption on 25 October. The reviewed list includes Inverness–Stornoway. Those movements should not be included in Dublin’s count.
A UK domestic journey does not become an EU261 case because the same storm affects Dublin. UK261 may need assessment by the airline for those journeys; Airlate does not handle UK261 claims. An airline’s special rebooking policy is also separate from statutory fixed compensation.
Airlate handles EU261 claims
Journeys covered only by UK261 are outside our service. The departure point and operating carrier need to be checked.
Other disruptions linked to Austen and Boelo
See our articles on KLM cancellations during Storm Austen and Guernsey and Alderney. Each has its own dated snapshot; the figures should not simply be added.
Frequently asked questions
No. It is the airport’s figure by 16:00 local time on 24 October, relayed by ITV. Later changes remain possible.
No. A go-around is not itself a cancellation. The report describes five second-attempt landings and one diversion followed by a return.
No. They appear in a separate earlier assessment. Check airport, date and flight number; do not add overlapping reports.
Yes. Covered journeys may still involve rerouting and care. Fixed compensation depends, among other things, on the documented cause and reasonable measures.
Airlate does not handle UK261 claims. Contact the airline about help and rebooking; any EU261 connection needs assessment of the whole journey.
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Another flight problemShow all 4 sources
Every factual statement in this article rests on one of the sources below: EU regulations, judgments of the EU Court of Justice and the authorities' own pages.
Sources
- Storm Boelo: Travel disruption and events cancelled as UK hit by wind and rain · ITV News / Dublin Airport statement · News media · retrieved 2026-10-24
- ELEVEN flights cancelled as a result of Storm Boelo · TRAVEL Extra · News media · retrieved 2026-10-24
- Weather Update: Storm Boelo · Loganair · Airline (official) · retrieved 2026-10-24
- Air passenger rights · European Union / Your Europe · Authority · retrieved 2026-10-24