How much compensation for a delayed BA CityFlyer flight from Edinburgh?
£220 or £350 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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- Flights a year
- 4,423
- Landed on time
- 77.9%
- Land 3 hrs or more late
- 18a year
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
It depends where you were going, and the table below has every destination priced. About 18 flights a year on this one cross the 3-hour line.
What it pays
What BA CityFlyer owes you from Edinburgh
One airport, so the figure is exact. Find where you were going.
Four of you on one booking is £880 or £1,400.
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How bad is it
Does BA CityFlyer get delayed a lot at Edinburgh?
0.4% of BA CityFlyer's 4,423 flights a year at Edinburgh land 3 or more hours late, which works out at about 18 flights a year crossing the line where the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
July 2025, when BA CityFlyer flights at Edinburgh ran an average of 20.4 minutes late.
See all the numbers for BA CityFlyer at Edinburgh
In the last 12 months, BA CityFlyer operated 4,423 flights at Edinburgh, and 0.4% were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £220 or £350 each becomes payable.
Flights are landing on time less often than last year: 77.9% ran on time against 79.5% in the twelve months before, and the average delay rose from 10.8 to 12.2 minutes.
| BA CityFlyer at Edinburgh, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Edinburgh | 4,423 | was 4,574 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 77.9% | ▼ was 79.5% |
| Average delay | 12.2 min | ▲ was 10.8 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 0.4% | - |
| Cancelled | 1.3% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 18 flights/year | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.
BA CityFlyer at Edinburgh, month by month
Worst month: July 2025, averaging 20.4 minutes.
Route by route
BA CityFlyer's busiest routes at Edinburgh
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London City | 4,019 | 543 km | 10.2 min | 0.3% | £220each |
| Palma de Mallorca | 216 | 1,878 km | 36.6 min | 2.7% | £350each |
| Florence | 98 | 1,700 km | 30.9 min | 1.0% | £350each |
| San Sebastian | 42 | 1,405 km | 24.1 min | <0.5% | £220each |
Your rights
Your rights on this route
Edinburgh 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.
BA CityFlyer from other airports
Other airlines at Edinburgh
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.