How much compensation for a delayed Qatar Airways flight from Edinburgh?
£520 each, if you land 4 hours or more late (£260 each at 3 to 4 hours)
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Effectively one route: Edinburgh to Doha Hamad, 5,547 km apart, so the figure is flat.
- Flights a year
- 1,149
- Landed on time
- 73.6%
- Land 3 hours or more late
- 8 a year
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
£520each if a delay of 4 hours or more hits this route (£260 each at 3 to 4 hours)
Effectively one route: Edinburgh to Doha Hamad, 5,547 km apart.
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How bad is it
Does Qatar Airways get delayed a lot at Edinburgh?
0.7% of Qatar Airways' 1,149 flights a year at Edinburgh land 3 hours or more late, which works out at about 8 flights a year crossing the line where the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
July 2026, when Qatar Airways flights at Edinburgh ran an average of 24 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Qatar Airways at Edinburgh
In the last 12 months, Qatar Airways operated 1,149 flights at Edinburgh, and 0.7% 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: 73.6% ran on time against 83.2% in the twelve months before, and the average delay rose from 9.4 to 13.1 minutes.
| Qatar Airways at Edinburgh, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Edinburgh | 1,149 | was 1,454 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 73.6% | ▼ was 83.2% |
| Average delay | 13.1 min | ▲ was 9.4 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 0.7% | - |
| Cancelled | 7.3% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 8 flights/year | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.
Qatar Airways at Edinburgh, month by month
Worst month: July 2026, averaging 24 minutes.
Route by route
Qatar Airways' busiest routes at Edinburgh
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 4 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doha Hamad | 1,149 | 5,547 km | 13.1 min | 0.7% | £520each £260 each at 3 to 4 hours |
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Qatar Airways flights at Edinburgh
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Doha Hamad
Landing at Edinburgh from Doha Hamad · landing time
Your rights
Your rights on this route
Edinburgh 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.
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Other airlines at Edinburgh
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.