How much compensation for a delayed El Al flight from Luton?
£520 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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Effectively one route: Luton to Tel Aviv, 3,601 km apart, so the figure is flat.
- Flights a year
- 746
- Landed on time
- 56.6%
- Land 3 hrs or more late
- 4a year
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
£520each if a delay of 3 hours or more hits this route
Effectively one route: Luton to Tel Aviv, 3,601 km apart.
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How bad is it
Does El Al get delayed a lot at Luton?
0.5% of El Al's 746 flights a year at Luton land 3 or more hours late, which works out at about 4 flights a year crossing the line where the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
June 2026, when El Al flights at Luton ran an average of 40.1 minutes late.
See all the numbers for El Al at Luton
In the last 12 months, El Al operated 746 flights at Luton, and 0.5% were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £520 each becomes payable.
Flights are landing on time less often than last year: 56.6% ran on time against 60.5% in the twelve months before, and the average delay rose from 19.2 to 21 minutes.
| El Al at Luton, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Luton | 746 | was 1,073 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 56.6% | ▼ was 60.5% |
| Average delay | 21 min | ▲ was 19.2 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 0.5% | - |
| Cancelled | 0.4% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 4 flights/year | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.
El Al at Luton, month by month
Worst month: June 2026, averaging 40.1 minutes.
Route by route
El Al's busiest routes at Luton
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tel Aviv | 746 | 3,601 km | 21 min | 0.5% | £520each |
Your rights
Your rights on this route
Luton 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.
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.