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How much compensation for a delayed Jet2.com flight?

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

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Jet2.com is about average for the 80 airlines flying at UK airports for 3-hour delays.

Flights a year
125,825
Landed on time
66.7%
Land 3 hrs or more late
629a year

Last 12 months, CAA data

What you're owed

The exact figure depends on how far you were flying, and the checker works it out from your route. About 629 Jet2.com flights a year cross that line.

The short answer

Getting compensation from Jet2.com

If your Jet2 flight landed 3 hours or more late, or was cancelled with less than 14 days' notice, everyone on the booking may be owed £220, £350 or £520 each, set by how far you flew. It applies when the cause was within Jet2's control, such as a technical fault or a crew shortage. Checking your flight is free and takes seconds.

How long does a Jet2 claim take?

Airlines usually reply within a few weeks. If Jet2 refuses or does not answer within eight weeks, you can take the claim to the airline's approved dispute resolution scheme, or to the Civil Aviation Authority if it does not use one. Both are free for passengers.

Does a cancelled Jet2 flight count?

Yes, if you were told less than 14 days before the flight. You are owed the same as a 3-hour delay unless Jet2 offered a replacement flight close to your original times, or the cause was outside its control. You can also choose a full refund instead of a new flight.

How far back can I claim from Jet2?

Up to six years in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and five years in Scotland. Older flights are worth checking: most passengers never claim.

What if Jet2 blames the weather?

Genuinely severe weather is usually outside the airline's control, so fixed compensation is unlikely, but Jet2 must still give you food, drink and a hotel if you are stuck overnight. A delay caused by a technical fault or a crew shortage still counts, even on a stormy day.

What it pays

Pick the airport you flew from

Jet2.com flies from 14 UK airports, so there is no single distance and no single figure. Open the one you flew from and every destination is priced.

From
Manchester 23,398 flights a year £350each
Birmingham 15,685 flights a year, depending where you were going £220 to £350each
Stansted 14,917 flights a year, depending where you were going £220 to £350each
Leeds Bradford 14,481 flights a year £350each
Newcastle 9,147 flights a year £350each
East Midlands International 8,730 flights a year £350each
Glasgow 8,410 flights a year £350each
Bristol 7,630 flights a year, depending where you were going £220 to £350each

Busiest 8 shown. Jet2.com flies from 6 more UK airports, all listed further down this page.

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How bad is it

Does Jet2.com get delayed a lot?

Not especially. It's about average for the 80 airlines flying at UK airports, with about 1 flight in 200 landing 3 or more hours late (0.5%).

That works out at about 629 flights a year crossing the 3-hour line, which is the point the airline has to pay.

When is it worst?

June 2026, when Jet2.com flights ran an average of 25.1 minutes late.

See all the numbers for Jet2.com

In the last 12 months, Jet2.com operated 125,825 flights at UK airports, and 0.5% were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £220 or £350 each becomes payable.

Flights are landing on time less often than last year: 66.7% ran on time against 67.4% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 19.2 to 18.7 minutes.

Jet2.com, last 12 months
Jet2.com, last 12 months Figure vs year before
Flights at UK airports 125,825 was 118,813
Ran on time (within 15 min) 66.7% ▼ was 67.4%
Average delay 18.7 min ▼ was 19.2 min
3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) 0.5% -
Cancelled 0.2% -
Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) 629 flights/year -

The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers both directions of travel.

Jet2.com's delays, month by month

24.9m
19.7m
21.7m
16.1m
11.2m
15.8m
18.9m
14.1m
12.6m
10.8m
18m
25.1m
JulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Worst month: June 2026, averaging 25.1 minutes.

Where it flies

Jet2.com at each UK airport

Airport 3 hours or more late Landed on time
Manchester 0.6%
49.4%
Birmingham 0.5%
61.6%
Stansted 0.3%
71.9%
Leeds Bradford 0.6%
71.9%
Newcastle 0.2%
75.5%
East Midlands International 0.6%
76.3%
Glasgow 0.5%
76.9%
Bristol 0.3%
62.6%
Edinburgh 0.4%
68.1%
Liverpool (John Lennon) 0.3%
81.0%
Belfast International 0.7%
78.0%
Luton 1.0%
61.9%
Bournemouth 0.3%
75.0%
Gatwick 0.8%
57.6%

From our own tracking

Recent Jet2.com flights we logged running late

Every Jet2.com arrival we logged running 3 or more hours late, or cancelled, at the airports we sweep since August. Newest first, and only flights UK or EU rules cover. A cancelled row carries no figure because what it pays turns on the notice you were given. Amounts are per person on the booking (half on the longest flights that landed 3 to 4 hours late). Airlines can still dispute a claim by proving the cause was outside their control, so check yours for the real answer.

LS1222

Jet2

10 hrs 5 min

Faro → Birmingham Airport

6 Oct · 13:50 → 23:55

Claim €400AD€400 each, minus the claim firm's success fee, typically 20-30% plus VAT.

LS124

Jet2

10 hrs 26 min

Bodrum → Glasgow Airport

5 Oct · 02:30 → 12:56

Claim £350AD£350 each, minus the claim firm's success fee, typically 20-30% plus VAT.

LS1338

Jet2

3 hrs 39 min

Barcelona → Birmingham Airport

5 Oct · 13:15 → 16:54

Claim €250AD€250 each, minus the claim firm's success fee, typically 20-30% plus VAT.

LS1008

Jet2

17 hrs 5 min

Antalya → Manchester Airport

4 Oct · 02:40 → 19:45

Claim £350AD£350 each, minus the claim firm's success fee, typically 20-30% plus VAT.

LS826

Jet2

3 hrs 24 min

Ibiza Town → Manchester Airport

4 Oct · 13:20 → 16:44

Claim €400AD€400 each, minus the claim firm's success fee, typically 20-30% plus VAT.

LS994

Jet2

18 hrs 5 min

Paphos → Manchester Airport

3 Oct · 02:05 → 20:10

Claim €400AD€400 each, minus the claim firm's success fee, typically 20-30% plus VAT.

LS826

Jet2

3 hrs 32 min

Ibiza Town → Manchester Airport

3 Oct · 12:45 → 16:17

Claim €400AD€400 each, minus the claim firm's success fee, typically 20-30% plus VAT.

LS816

Jet2

Cancelled

Catania → Edinburgh Airport

1 Oct · 00:30

Depends on the notice you got

LS3900

Jet2

4 hrs 11 min

Verona → London Luton Airport

30 Sept · 15:15 → 19:26

Claim €250AD€250 each, minus the claim firm's success fee, typically 20-30% plus VAT.

LS1388

Jet2

Cancelled

Catania → Birmingham Airport

30 Sept · 15:35

Depends on the notice you got

LS294

Jet2

Cancelled

Catania → Leeds Bradford Airport

30 Sept · 15:55

Depends on the notice you got

LS1428

Jet2

Cancelled

Catania → London Stansted Airport

30 Sept · 22:45

Depends on the notice you got

LS804

Jet2

3 hrs 32 min

Barcelona → Manchester Airport

29 Sept · 14:10 → 17:42

Claim €250AD€250 each, minus the claim firm's success fee, typically 20-30% plus VAT.

LS1720

Jet2

Cancelled

Catania → Manchester Airport

29 Sept · 15:30

Depends on the notice you got

LS124

Jet2

11 hrs 21 min

Bodrum → Glasgow Airport

28 Sept · 01:10 → 12:31

Claim £350AD£350 each, minus the claim firm's success fee, typically 20-30% plus VAT.

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How to claim

Claiming from Jet2.com

Jet2.com does not pay compensation automatically. Nothing happens until someone claims, and plenty of first claims come back refused when the airline blames something outside its control.

The rules do not change with the airline. What decides your claim is where the flight took off and how late it landed, not whose aircraft it was.

Checked against Jet2.com's own site on 12 August 2026.

Your rights

What the rules turn on

Where the flight departed decides everything, not the airline's nationality. Anything leaving a UK airport is covered by UK261 whoever operates it, and anything leaving the EU by EU261. A delay of 3 or more hours on arrival pays £220 or £350 each on the distances Jet2.com flies, when the cause was within the airline's control, which covers technical faults, crew shortages and the knock-on from a late inbound aircraft. It pays nothing when the cause was genuinely extraordinary, though airlines stretch that word further than the case law supports, so a refusal on those grounds is worth testing rather than accepting.

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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.