How much compensation for a delayed Jet2.com flight from Manchester?
£350 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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- Flights a year
- 23,398
- Landed on time
- 49.4%
- Land 3 hrs or more late
- 140a year
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
Everyone with their own seat is paid, children included. About 140 flights a year on this one cross the 3-hour line.
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How bad is it
Does Jet2.com get delayed a lot at Manchester?
0.6% of Jet2.com's 23,398 flights a year at Manchester land 3 or more hours late, which works out at about 140 flights a year crossing the line where the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
June 2026, when Jet2.com flights at Manchester ran an average of 36.1 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Jet2.com at Manchester
In the last 12 months, Jet2.com operated 23,398 flights at Manchester, and 0.6% were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £350 each becomes payable.
Flights are landing on time less often than last year: 49.4% ran on time against 53.0% in the twelve months before, and the average delay rose from 27.5 to 28.1 minutes.
| Jet2.com at Manchester, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Manchester | 23,398 | was 23,269 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 49.4% | ▼ was 53.0% |
| Average delay | 28.1 min | ▲ was 27.5 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 0.6% | - |
| Cancelled | 0.2% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 140 flights/year | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.
Jet2.com at Manchester, month by month
Worst month: June 2026, averaging 36.1 minutes.
Route by route
Jet2.com's busiest routes at Manchester
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tenerife South (Reina Sofia) | 1,702 | 3,048 km | 19.1 min | 0.6% | £350each |
| Palma de Mallorca | 1,171 | 1,581 km | 31.1 min | 0.9% | £350each |
| Antalya | 1,041 | 3,131 km | 45 min | 1.1% | £350each |
| Alicante | 1,040 | 1,681 km | 25.8 min | 0.5% | £350each |
| Arrecife | 1,002 | 2,866 km | 25 min | 0.3% | £350each |
| Faro | 858 | 1,869 km | 20.8 min | 0.6% | £350each |
| Malaga | 855 | 1,862 km | 20.2 min | 0.1% | £350each |
| Las Palmas | 678 | 3,024 km | 30.2 min | 0.1% | £350each |
From our own tracking
Recent Jet2.com flights into Manchester that ran late
Every Jet2.com arrival at Manchester we logged running 3 or more hours late, or cancelled, 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.
Jet2
Antalya → Manchester Airport
4 Oct · 02:40 → 19:45
Jet2
Ibiza Town → Manchester Airport
4 Oct · 13:20 → 16:44
Jet2
Paphos → Manchester Airport
3 Oct · 02:05 → 20:10
Jet2
Ibiza Town → Manchester Airport
3 Oct · 12:45 → 16:17
Jet2
Barcelona → Manchester Airport
29 Sept · 14:10 → 17:42
Jet2
Alicante → Manchester Airport
26 Sept · 13:50 → 16:50
Jet2
Kerkyra Island → Manchester Airport
22 Sept · 15:35 → 19:51
Jet2
Alicante → Manchester Airport
22 Sept · 14:35 → 17:37
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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.
Jet2.com from other airports
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.