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How much compensation for a delayed Sunexpress flight from Birmingham?

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

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Flights a year
1,373
Landed on time
69.1%
Land 3 hrs or more late
5a year

Last 12 months, CAA data

What you're owed

£350 just you
£700 two of you
£1,400 a family of four

Everyone with their own seat is paid, children included. About 5 flights a year on this one cross the 3-hour line.

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How bad is it

Does Sunexpress get delayed a lot at Birmingham?

0.4% of Sunexpress' 1,373 flights a year at Birmingham land 3 or more hours late, which works out at about 5 flights a year crossing the line where the airline has to pay.

When is it worst?

September 2025, when Sunexpress flights at Birmingham ran an average of 20.9 minutes late.

See all the numbers for Sunexpress at Birmingham

In the last 12 months, Sunexpress operated 1,373 flights at Birmingham, and 0.4% were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £350 each becomes payable.

Flights are landing on time more often than last year: 69.1% ran on time against 59.9% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 20.5 to 15.2 minutes.

Sunexpress at Birmingham, last 12 months
Sunexpress at Birmingham, last 12 months Figure vs year before
Flights at Birmingham 1,373 was 1,416
Ran on time (within 15 min) 69.1% ▲ was 59.9%
Average delay 15.2 min ▼ was 20.5 min
3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) 0.4% -
Cancelled 0.9% -
Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) 5 flights/year -

The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.

Sunexpress at Birmingham, month by month

20.7m
12.3m
20.9m
15.7m
16.9m
12.9m
46.9m
13.5m
5.4m
10m
9.6m
11.2m
JulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Worst month: September 2025, averaging 20.9 minutes.

Route by route

Sunexpress' busiest routes at Birmingham

Destination 3 hours or more late 3 hours or more pays
Antalya 0.4% £350each
Dalaman 0.4% £350each
Izmir (Adnan Menderes) <0.5% £350each

Your rights

Your rights on this route

Birmingham 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.

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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.