How much compensation for a delayed Norse Atlantic UK flight?
£520 each, if you land 4 hours or more late (£260 each at 3 to 4 hours)
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Norse Atlantic UK is one of the 10 worst of the 81 airlines flying at UK airports for 3-hour delays.
- Flights a year
- 1,898
- Landed on time
- 66.9%
- Land 3 hours or more late
- 55 a year
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
Every Norse Atlantic UK route we hold a distance for falls in the same band, so that is the figure. About 55 Norse Atlantic UK flights a year cross that line.
The short answer
Getting compensation from Norse Atlantic UK
If your Norse Atlantic flight landed 3 hours or more late, or was cancelled with less than 2 weeks' notice, everyone on the booking may be owed up to £520 each. Norse Atlantic UK holds a UK licence, so flights into the UK are covered as well as flights out, when the cause was within its control, such as a technical fault or a crew shortage. Checking your flight is free.
How much is a Norse Atlantic delay worth?
Its flights between the UK and the US are long-haul, so a delay of 4 hours or more pays £520 each, and a delay of 3 to 4 hours pays half, £260 each. Children count as passengers too.
Are flights from the US to London covered?
Yes. Norse Atlantic UK is a UK airline, so the rules cover its flights into the UK as well as out of it. That is not true of every airline: a US airline flying into London is only covered on flights leaving the UK or the EU.
Does a cancelled Norse Atlantic flight count?
Yes, if you were told less than 2 weeks before the flight. You are owed the same as a long delay unless Norse offered a replacement 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 long does a Norse Atlantic claim take?
Airlines usually reply within a few weeks. If Norse Atlantic refuses or does not answer within eight weeks, you can take the claim further for free, through an approved dispute resolution scheme or the regulator for the country the flight left from.
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How bad is it
Does Norse Atlantic UK get delayed a lot?
Yes, more than most. It's one of the 10 worst of the 81 airlines flying at UK airports, with about 1 flight in 34 landing 3 hours or more late (2.9%).
That works out at about 55 flights a year crossing the 3-hour line, which is the point the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
December 2025, when Norse Atlantic UK flights ran an average of 70.9 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Norse Atlantic UK
In the last 12 months, Norse Atlantic UK operated 1,898 flights at UK airports, and 2.9% were 3 hours or more late, the threshold where £260 each becomes payable, rising to £520 each from 4 hours late.
Flights are landing on time more often than last year: 66.9% ran on time against 65.3% in the twelve months before, and the average delay rose from 24.5 to 28.8 minutes.
| Norse Atlantic UK, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at UK airports | 1,898 | was 2,402 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 66.9% | ▲ was 65.3% |
| Average delay | 28.8 min | ▲ was 24.5 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 2.9% | - |
| Cancelled | 2.3% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 55 flights/year | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers both directions of travel.
Norse Atlantic UK's delays, month by month
Worst month: December 2025, averaging 70.9 minutes.
Where it flies
Norse Atlantic UK at each UK airport
| Airport | Flights | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | Landed on time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gatwick | 1,791 | 26.9 min | 2.6% | 68.8% |
How to claim
Claiming from Norse Atlantic UK
Airlines rarely pay compensation on their own. 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.
Your rights
What the rules turn on
Where the flight leaves from matters most. Anything leaving a UK airport is covered by the UK rules whoever operates it, and anything leaving the EU by the EU's. A flight into the UK or the EU is covered too when a UK or EU airline flies it. A delay of 4 hours or more on arrival pays £520 each (£260 each at 3 to 4 hours) on the distances Norse Atlantic UK 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.
Other airlines
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.