How much compensation for a delayed TUI Airways flight from Birmingham?
£220 to £520 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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- Flights a year
- 8,487
- Landed on time
- 60.1%
- Land 3 hrs or more late
- 85a year
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
It depends where you were going, and the table below has every destination priced. About 85 flights a year on this one cross the 3-hour line.
What it pays
What TUI Airways owes you from Birmingham
One airport, so the figure is exact. Find where you were going.
Four of you on one booking is £880 or £1,400 or £2,080.
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How bad is it
Does TUI Airways get delayed a lot at Birmingham?
1.0% of TUI Airways' 8,487 flights a year at Birmingham land 3 or more hours late, which works out at about 85 flights a year crossing the line where the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
January 2026, when TUI Airways flights at Birmingham ran an average of 43.7 minutes late.
See all the numbers for TUI Airways at Birmingham
In the last 12 months, TUI Airways operated 8,487 flights at Birmingham, and 1.0% were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £220 to £520 each becomes payable.
Flights are landing on time more often than last year: 60.1% ran on time against 58.0% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 28.7 to 24.4 minutes.
| TUI Airways at Birmingham, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Birmingham | 8,487 | was 9,227 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 60.1% | ▲ was 58.0% |
| Average delay | 24.4 min | ▼ was 28.7 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 1.0% | - |
| Cancelled | 0.1% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 85 flights/year | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.
TUI Airways at Birmingham, month by month
Worst month: January 2026, averaging 43.7 minutes.
Route by route
TUI Airways' busiest routes at Birmingham
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palma de Mallorca | 495 | 1,475 km | 30.1 min | 1.2% | £220each |
| Tenerife South (Reina Sofia) | 394 | 2,978 km | 25.1 min | 1.0% | £350each |
| Arrecife | 352 | 2,790 km | 26.3 min | 1.4% | £350each |
| Las Palmas | 307 | 2,951 km | 18.2 min | 0.7% | £350each |
| Sharm El Sheikh (Ophira) | 291 | 4,030 km | 44.9 min | 2.4% | £520each |
| Paphos | 274 | 3,340 km | 22.8 min | 1.8% | £350each |
| Hurghada | 251 | 4,065 km | 28.5 min | 1.6% | £520each |
| Rhodes | 234 | 2,931 km | 19.8 min | <0.5% | £350each |
From our own tracking
Recent TUI Airways flights into Birmingham that ran late
Every TUI Airways arrival at Birmingham we logged running 3 or more hours late, or cancelled, 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. 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.
TUI Airways
Reus → Birmingham Airport
6 Oct · 11:35 → 14:53
TUI Airways
Tenerife Island → Birmingham Airport
11 Sept · 03:20 → 06:53
TUI Airways
Tenerife Island → Birmingham Airport
9 Sept · 03:15
TUI Airways
Agadir → Birmingham Airport
4 Sept · 01:35 → 15:00
TUI Airways
Kos Island → Birmingham Airport
2 Sept · 01:40 → 18:55
TUI Airways
Burgas → Birmingham Airport
1 Sept · 02:20 → 06:47
TUI Airways
Dalaman → Birmingham Airport
31 Aug · 15:55 → 18:59
TUI Airways
Hurghada → Birmingham Airport
29 Aug · 03:20 → 06:54
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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.
TUI Airways from other airports
Other airlines at Birmingham
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.