How much compensation for a delayed Ethiopian Airlines flight from Manchester?
£520 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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Effectively one route: Manchester to Addis Ababa, 6,146 km apart, so the figure is flat.
- Flights a year
- 730
- Landed on time
- 69.0%
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
£520each if a delay of 3 hours or more hits this route
Effectively one route: Manchester to Addis Ababa, 6,146 km apart.
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How bad is it
Does Ethiopian Airlines get delayed a lot at Manchester?
fewer than 1 in 200 flights of Ethiopian Airlines' 730 flights a year at Manchester land 3 or more hours late. Rare, but the payout is the same when it happens.
When is it worst?
September 2025, when Ethiopian Airlines flights at Manchester ran an average of 23.5 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Ethiopian Airlines at Manchester
In the last 12 months, Ethiopian Airlines operated 730 flights at Manchester, and fewer than 1 in 200 flights were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £520 each becomes payable.
Flights are landing on time less often than last year: 69.0% ran on time against 77.1% in the twelve months before, and the average delay rose from 12.6 to 14.7 minutes.
| Ethiopian Airlines at Manchester, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Manchester | 730 | was 523 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 69.0% | ▼ was 77.1% |
| Average delay | 14.7 min | ▲ was 12.6 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | <0.5% | - |
| Cancelled | 0.0% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | rare | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.
Ethiopian Airlines at Manchester, month by month
Worst month: September 2025, averaging 23.5 minutes.
Route by route
Ethiopian Airlines' busiest routes at Manchester
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Addis Ababa | 730 | 6,146 km | 14.7 min | <0.5% | £520each |
Your rights
Your rights on this route
Manchester 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 Manchester
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.