How much compensation for a delayed Swiss Airlines flight from London City?
£220 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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Effectively one route: London City to Zurich, 760 km apart, so the figure is flat.
- Flights a year
- 2,325
- Landed on time
- 61.0%
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
£220each if a delay of 3 hours or more hits this route
Effectively one route: London City to Zurich, 760 km apart.
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How bad is it
Does Swiss Airlines get delayed a lot at London City?
fewer than 1 in 200 flights of Swiss Airlines' 2,325 flights a year at London City land 3 or more hours late. Rare, but the payout is the same when it happens.
When is it worst?
June 2026, when Swiss Airlines flights at London City ran an average of 27 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Swiss Airlines at London City
In the last 12 months, Swiss Airlines operated 2,325 flights at London City, and fewer than 1 in 200 flights were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £220 each becomes payable.
Flights are landing on time less often than last year: 61.0% ran on time against 61.1% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 17.1 to 16.3 minutes.
| Swiss Airlines at London City, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at London City | 2,325 | was 2,234 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 61.0% | ▼ was 61.1% |
| Average delay | 16.3 min | ▼ was 17.1 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | <0.5% | - |
| Cancelled | 2.1% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | rare | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.
Swiss Airlines at London City, month by month
Worst month: June 2026, averaging 27 minutes.
Route by route
Swiss Airlines' busiest routes at London City
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zurich | 2,325 | 760 km | 16.3 min | <0.5% | £220each |
Your rights
Your rights on this route
London City 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.
Swiss Airlines from other airports
Other airlines at London City
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.