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How much compensation for a delayed Finnair flight from Manchester?

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

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Effectively one route: Manchester to Helsinki, 1,812 km apart, so the figure is flat.

Flights a year
1,239
Landed on time
72.4%
Land 3 hrs or more late
1a year

Last 12 months, CAA data

What you're owed

£350each if a delay of 3 hours or more hits this route

Effectively one route: Manchester to Helsinki, 1,812 km apart.

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How bad is it

Does Finnair get delayed a lot at Manchester?

0.1% of Finnair's 1,239 flights a year at Manchester land 3 or more hours late, which works out at about 1 flights a year crossing the line where the airline has to pay.

When is it worst?

January 2026, when Finnair flights at Manchester ran an average of 20.3 minutes late.

See all the numbers for Finnair at Manchester

In the last 12 months, Finnair operated 1,239 flights at Manchester, and 0.1% were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £350 each becomes payable.

Flights are landing on time more often than last year: 72.4% ran on time against 66.6% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 13 to 11.9 minutes.

Finnair at Manchester, last 12 months
Finnair at Manchester, last 12 months Figure vs year before
Flights at Manchester 1,239 was 1,209
Ran on time (within 15 min) 72.4% ▲ was 66.6%
Average delay 11.9 min ▼ was 13 min
3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) 0.1% -
Cancelled 1.0% -
Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) 1 flights/year -

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

Finnair at Manchester, month by month

9m
10.3m
12.2m
7m
9m
19.2m
20.3m
12.9m
4.8m
7.4m
10.7m
20.1m
JulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Worst month: January 2026, averaging 20.3 minutes.

Route by route

Finnair's busiest routes at Manchester

Destination 3 hours or more late 3 hours or more pays
Helsinki 0.1% £350each

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.

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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.