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How much compensation for a delayed easyJet flight from Southend?

£220 or £350 each, if you land 3 hours or more late

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Flights a year
5,809
Landed on time
80.1%
Land 3 hours or more late
17 a year

Last 12 months, CAA data

What you're owed

It depends how far you were going. The table below prices the busiest routes from here, and the checker works out any other. About 17 flights a year on this one cross the 3-hour line.

What it pays

What easyJet owes you from Southend

One airport, so each figure is exact. Not listed? The checker at the top works out any destination.

You get Flying to
£220each Palma de Mallorca, Amsterdam, Alicante, Paris (Charles de Gaulle) 4 destinations
£350each Malaga, Las Palmas, Tenerife South (Reina Sofia), Malta 4 destinations

Four of you on one booking is £880 or £1,400.

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How bad is it

Does easyJet get delayed a lot at Southend?

0.3% of easyJet's 5,809 flights a year at Southend land 3 hours or more late, which works out at about 17 flights a year crossing the line where the airline has to pay.

When is it worst?

July 2026, when easyJet flights at Southend ran an average of 16.7 minutes late.

See all the numbers for easyJet at Southend

In the last 12 months, easyJet operated 5,809 flights at Southend, and 0.3% were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £220 or £350 each becomes payable.

Flights are landing on time more often than last year: 80.1% ran on time against 74.3% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 15.2 to 10.6 minutes.

easyJet at Southend, last 12 months
easyJet at Southend, last 12 months Figure vs year before
Flights at Southend 5,809 was 3,186
Ran on time (within 15 min) 80.1% ▲ was 74.3%
Average delay 10.6 min ▼ was 15.2 min
3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) 0.3% -
Cancelled 0.3% -
Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) 17 flights/year -

The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.

easyJet at Southend, month by month

7.1m
15m
14.7m
8.6m
9.4m
12.7m
6.4m
11.7m
6m
8.8m
9.2m
16.7m
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

Worst month: July 2026, averaging 16.7 minutes.

Route by route

easyJet's busiest routes at Southend

Destination 3 hours or more late 3 hours or more pays
Palma de Mallorca 0.5% £220each
Malaga 0.4% £350each
Amsterdam <0.1% £220each
Alicante 0.6% £220each
Paris (Charles de Gaulle) 0.7% £220each
Las Palmas <0.1% £350each
Tenerife South (Reina Sofia) 0.3% £350each
Malta 0.3% £350each

Your rights

Your rights on this route

Southend is a UK airport, so every flight departing from it is covered by the UK rules, whichever airline you fly with. Delays of 3 hours or more 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.

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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.