How much compensation for a delayed Norwegian flight?
£220 or £350 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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Norwegian is better than most of the 81 airlines flying at UK airports for 3-hour delays.
- Flights a year
- 13,804
- Landed on time
- 77.4%
- Land 3 hours or more late
- 28 a 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 28 Norwegian flights a year cross that line.
The short answer
Getting compensation from Norwegian
If your Norwegian flight landed 3 hours or more late, or was cancelled with less than 2 weeks' notice, everyone on the booking may be owed £220 or £350 each from the UK, set by distance, when the cause was within Norwegian's control. Norwegian is a Norwegian airline, and flights leaving Norway are covered by the same European rules, so the flight home is covered too.
Is my flight from Norway, Sweden or Denmark back to the UK covered?
Yes. Norway applies the same European rules at its airports, and Sweden and Denmark are in the EU, so a late Norwegian flight from Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger, Copenhagen or Stockholm to the UK is covered. The same amounts apply: about £215 each (€250) for flights up to 1,500 km.
How much is a late Norwegian flight worth?
It is set by distance. Norwegian's flights between the UK and Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger, Copenhagen or Stockholm, such as Gatwick to Oslo, are all under 1,500 km, so a delay of 3 hours or more pays £220 each from the UK. Longer routes, such as Gatwick to Helsinki at about 1,860 km, pay £350 each. Count from when you land, not when you take off.
Does a cancelled Norwegian flight count?
Yes, if you were told less than 2 weeks before the flight. You are owed the same as a long delay unless Norwegian 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.
What if Norwegian blames winter weather?
Genuinely severe weather, such as heavy snow, is usually outside the airline's control, so fixed compensation is unlikely, but Norwegian 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.
How far back can I claim from Norwegian?
For a flight from the UK, up to six years in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and five years in Scotland. A flight from another country follows that country's own time limit, which may be shorter. Older flights are worth checking: most passengers never claim.
What it pays
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Norwegian flies from 3 of the UK airports we cover, so there is no single distance and no single figure. Open the one you flew from to see its busiest routes priced.
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How bad is it
Does Norwegian get delayed a lot?
No, less than most. It's better than most of the 81 airlines flying at UK airports, with about 1 flight in 500 landing 3 hours or more late (0.2%).
That works out at about 28 flights a year crossing the 3-hour line, which is the point the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
January 2026, when Norwegian flights ran an average of 16.2 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Norwegian
In the last 12 months, Norwegian operated 13,804 flights at UK airports, and 0.2% were 3 hours or more late, the threshold where £220 or £350 each becomes payable.
Flights are landing on time more often than last year: 77.4% ran on time against 73.7% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 13.4 to 11 minutes.
| Norwegian, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at UK airports | 13,804 | was 13,501 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 77.4% | ▲ was 73.7% |
| Average delay | 11 min | ▼ was 13.4 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 0.2% | - |
| Cancelled | 0.5% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 28 flights/year | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers both directions of travel.
Norwegian's delays, month by month
Worst month: January 2026, averaging 16.2 minutes.
Where it flies
Norwegian at each UK airport
| Airport | Flights | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | Landed on time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gatwick | 10,508 | 10.1 min | 0.2% | 79.2% |
| Edinburgh | 1,967 | 12 min | 0.3% | 78.3% |
| Manchester | 1,163 | 18.7 min | <0.1% | 58.2% |
From our own tracking
Recent Norwegian flights we logged running late
Every Norwegian flight we logged running 3 hours or more 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. Flights leaving the UK show when they leave and when they land, each in local time. How late is counted from when they land. 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. We earn a fee if you claim through a Claim link.
Norwegian
London Gatwick Airport → Bergen
11 Oct · Leaves 21:00
Was due to land 23:55
Norwegian
Manchester Airport → Oslo
9 Oct · Leaves 20:05
Was due to land 23:00
Norwegian
London Gatwick Airport → Stockholm
8 Oct · Leaves 13:10
Was due to land 16:45
Norwegian
Stockholm → London Gatwick Airport
8 Oct · due 19:15
Norwegian
London Gatwick Airport → Stockholm
8 Oct · Leaves 19:55
Was due to land 23:30
Norwegian
Copenhagen → Manchester Airport
25 Sept · due 13:55, landed 18:17
Norwegian
Aalborg → London Gatwick Airport
20 Sept · due 19:55
Norwegian
Stockholm → London Gatwick Airport
9 Sept · due 12:30
Norwegian
Copenhagen → London Gatwick Airport
8 Sept · due 16:20
Norwegian
Stockholm → London Gatwick Airport
8 Sept · due 19:15
Norwegian
Billund → London Gatwick Airport
8 Sept · due 19:55
Norwegian
Stockholm → London Gatwick Airport
3 Sept · due 12:30
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The daily log
Norwegian delays, day by day
How to claim
Claiming from Norwegian
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 3 hours or more on arrival pays £220 or £350 each on the distances Norwegian 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.