How much compensation for a delayed Aegean Airlines flight?
£350 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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Aegean Airlines is better than most of the 81 airlines flying at UK airports for 3-hour delays.
- Flights a year
- 3,443
- Landed on time
- 72.6%
- Land 3 hours or more late
- 3 a year
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
Every Aegean Airlines route we hold a distance for falls in the same band, so that is the figure. About 3 Aegean Airlines flights a year cross that line.
The short answer
Getting compensation from Aegean Airlines
If your Aegean Airlines flight landed 3 hours or more late, or was cancelled with less than 2 weeks' notice, everyone on the booking may be owed £350 each from the UK, or about £345 each (€400) from Greece, on its flights between the UK and Greece. Aegean is an EU airline, so flights into the UK are covered as well as flights out, when the cause was within its control.
Are flights from Greece back to the UK covered?
Yes. Aegean Airlines is an EU airline, so a late flight from Athens or elsewhere in Greece into the UK is covered as well as the flight out. Most of these flights are 1,500 to 3,500 km, which pays about £345 each (€400).
What if a strike caused my Aegean delay?
A strike by the airline's own staff is not normally treated as outside its control, so it can still pay. A strike by air traffic controllers usually is outside its control, but Aegean must still give you food, drink and a hotel if you are stuck overnight.
Does a cancelled Aegean Airlines flight count?
Yes, if you were told less than 2 weeks before the flight. You are owed the same as a long delay unless Aegean offered a replacement close to your original times, or the cause was outside its control. You can also choose a full refund instead of a new flight.
What if Aegean Airlines blames the weather?
Genuinely severe weather is usually outside the airline's control, so fixed compensation is unlikely, but Aegean Airlines must still give you food, drink and a hotel if you are stuck overnight. A delay caused by a technical fault or a crew shortage still counts, even on a stormy day.
How far back can I claim from Aegean Airlines?
Up to six years in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and five years in Scotland. Older flights are worth checking: most passengers never claim.
What it pays
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Aegean Airlines flies from 3 of the UK airports we cover, so there is no single distance and no single figure. Open the one you flew from to see its busiest routes priced.
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How bad is it
Does Aegean Airlines get delayed a lot?
No, less than most. It's better than most of the 81 airlines flying at UK airports, with about 1 flight in 1,000 landing 3 hours or more late (0.1%).
That works out at about 3 flights a year crossing the 3-hour line, which is the point the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
July 2026, when Aegean Airlines flights ran an average of 19.4 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Aegean Airlines
In the last 12 months, Aegean Airlines operated 3,443 flights at UK airports, and 0.1% were 3 hours or more late, the threshold where £350 each becomes payable.
Flights are landing on time more often than last year: 72.6% ran on time against 68.8% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 14 to 12 minutes.
| Aegean Airlines, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at UK airports | 3,443 | was 3,501 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 72.6% | ▲ was 68.8% |
| Average delay | 12 min | ▼ was 14 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 0.1% | - |
| Cancelled | 0.1% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 3 flights/year | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers both directions of travel.
Aegean Airlines' delays, month by month
Worst month: July 2026, averaging 19.4 minutes.
Where it flies
Aegean Airlines at each UK airport
| Airport | Flights | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | Landed on time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heathrow | 2,632 | 11 min | 0.1% | 75.9% |
| Manchester | 322 | 22.8 min | <0.1% | 43.0% |
| Edinburgh | 302 | 14 min | <0.1% | 63.6% |
How to claim
Claiming from Aegean Airlines
Airlines rarely pay compensation on their own. Nothing happens until someone claims, and plenty of first claims come back refused when the airline blames something outside its control.
The rules do not change with the airline. What decides your claim is where the flight took off and how late it landed, not whose aircraft it was.
Your rights
What the rules turn on
Where the flight leaves from matters most. Anything leaving a UK airport is covered by the UK rules whoever operates it, and anything leaving the EU by the EU's. A flight into the UK or the EU is covered too when a UK or EU airline flies it. A delay of 3 hours or more on arrival pays £350 each on the distances Aegean Airlines flies, when the cause was within the airline's control, which covers technical faults, crew shortages and the knock-on from a late inbound aircraft. It pays nothing when the cause was genuinely extraordinary, though airlines stretch that word further than the case law supports, so a refusal on those grounds is worth testing rather than accepting.
Other airlines
Source: UK Civil Aviation Authority punctuality statistics, August 2025 to July 2026. Analysis by CheckFlightCompensation; the CAA is credited as the data source as its publication conditions require. Figures cover the 25 largest UK airports. Methodology and limitations.