How much compensation for a delayed IndiGo flight from Manchester?
£520 each, if you land 4 hours or more late (£260 each at 3 to 4 hours)
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- Flights a year
- 618
- Landed on time
- 37.2%
- Land 3 hours or more late
- 66 a year
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
Everyone with their own seat is paid, children included. About 66 flights a year on this one cross the 3-hour line.
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How bad is it
Does IndiGo get delayed a lot at Manchester?
10.6% of IndiGo's 618 flights a year at Manchester land 3 hours or more late, which works out at about 66 flights a year crossing the line where the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
January 2026, when IndiGo flights at Manchester ran an average of 175.3 minutes late.
See all the numbers for IndiGo at Manchester
In the last 12 months, IndiGo operated 618 flights at Manchester, and 10.6% were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £260 each becomes payable, rising to £520 each from 4 hours late.
Flights are landing on time less often than last year: 37.2% ran on time against 64.3% in the twelve months before, and the average delay rose from 16.6 to 63.9 minutes.
| IndiGo at Manchester, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Manchester | 618 | was 28 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 37.2% | ▼ was 64.3% |
| Average delay | 63.9 min | ▲ was 16.6 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 10.6% | - |
| Cancelled | 5.1% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 66 flights/year | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.
IndiGo at Manchester, month by month
Worst month: January 2026, averaging 175.3 minutes.
Route by route
IndiGo's busiest routes at Manchester
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 4 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mumbai | 369 | 7,337 km | 53.7 min | 6.4% | £520each £260 each at 3 to 4 hours |
| Delhi | 249 | 6,817 km | 79 min | 16.7% | £520each £260 each at 3 to 4 hours |
Your rights
Your rights on this route
Manchester 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.
Other airlines at Manchester
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.