How much compensation for a delayed Air India flight from Heathrow?
£520 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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- Flights a year
- 4,823
- Landed on time
- 42.3%
- Land 3 hrs or more late
- 106a year
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
Everyone with their own seat is paid, children included. About 106 flights a year on this one cross the 3-hour line.
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How bad is it
Does Air India get delayed a lot at Heathrow?
2.2% of Air India's 4,823 flights a year at Heathrow land 3 or more hours late, which works out at about 106 flights a year crossing the line where the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
March 2026, when Air India flights at Heathrow ran an average of 96 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Air India at Heathrow
In the last 12 months, Air India operated 4,823 flights at Heathrow, and 2.2% were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £520 each becomes payable.
Flights are landing on time less often than last year: 42.3% ran on time against 47.8% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 39.6 to 37.1 minutes.
| Air India at Heathrow, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Heathrow | 4,823 | was 3,991 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 42.3% | ▼ was 47.8% |
| Average delay | 37.1 min | ▼ was 39.6 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 2.2% | - |
| Cancelled | 1.6% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 106 flights/year | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.
Air India at Heathrow, month by month
Worst month: March 2026, averaging 96 minutes.
Route by route
Air India's busiest routes at Heathrow
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delhi | 2,661 | 6,731 km | 41.5 min | 2.1% | £520each |
| Mumbai | 1,447 | 7,213 km | 36.6 min | 3.1% | £520each |
| Bangalore (Bengaluru) | 638 | 8,046 km | 22.4 min | 0.3% | £520each |
| Ahmedabad | 74 | 6,867 km | 14.2 min | <0.5% | £520each |
Your rights
Your rights on this route
Heathrow is a UK airport, so every flight departing from it is covered by UK261, whichever airline you fly with. Delays of 3 or more hours pay £220 to £520 each depending on how far you were flying, and the table above gives the exact figure for each of these routes. See the full breakdown on the 3-hour rule. If the flight is cancelled instead of delayed, broadly the same amounts apply under different conditions. See cancelled flight compensation.
Other airlines at Heathrow
Source: UK Civil Aviation Authority punctuality statistics, July 2025 to June 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.