How much compensation for a delayed TUI Airways flight from Gatwick?
£220 to £520 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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- Flights a year
- 12,721
- Landed on time
- 57.3%
- Land 3 hrs or more late
- 114a 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 114 flights a year on this one cross the 3-hour line.
What it pays
What TUI Airways owes you from Gatwick
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 Gatwick?
0.9% of TUI Airways' 12,721 flights a year at Gatwick land 3 or more hours late, which works out at about 114 flights a year crossing the line where the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
June 2026, when TUI Airways flights at Gatwick ran an average of 34.9 minutes late.
See all the numbers for TUI Airways at Gatwick
In the last 12 months, TUI Airways operated 12,721 flights at Gatwick, and 0.9% 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: 57.3% ran on time against 51.8% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 31.4 to 24.4 minutes.
| TUI Airways at Gatwick, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Gatwick | 12,721 | was 13,336 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 57.3% | ▲ was 51.8% |
| Average delay | 24.4 min | ▼ was 31.4 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 0.9% | - |
| Cancelled | 0.3% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 114 flights/year | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.
TUI Airways at Gatwick, month by month
Worst month: June 2026, averaging 34.9 minutes.
Route by route
TUI Airways' busiest routes at Gatwick
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tenerife South (Reina Sofia) | 651 | 2,913 km | 25.4 min | 0.6% | £350each |
| Palma de Mallorca | 590 | 1,309 km | 30.4 min | 1.5% | £220each |
| Boa Vista (Rabil) | 482 | 4,385 km | 12.9 min | 0.6% | £520each |
| Cancun | 458 | 7,976 km | 20.2 min | 0.9% | £520each |
| Sharm El Sheikh (Ophira) | 458 | 3,866 km | 19.6 min | <0.5% | £520each |
| Antalya | 410 | 2,908 km | 29.6 min | 1.0% | £350each |
| Dalaman | 405 | 2,792 km | 30.4 min | 1.5% | £350each |
| Punta Cana | 375 | 6,897 km | 23.3 min | 1.1% | £520each |
From our own tracking
Recent TUI Airways flights into Gatwick that ran late
Every TUI Airways arrival at Gatwick 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
Skiathos → London Gatwick Airport
22 Sept · 15:30
TUI Airways
Vienna → London Gatwick Airport
21 Sept · 14:40
TUI Airways
Paphos → London Gatwick Airport
20 Sept · 00:20
TUI Airways
Larnaca → London Gatwick Airport
18 Sept · 04:55
TUI Airways
Heraklion → London Gatwick Airport
17 Sept · 16:20 → 21:41
TUI Airways
Kerkyra Island → London Gatwick Airport
14 Sept · 04:20 → 23:04
TUI Airways
Mugla → London Gatwick Airport
10 Sept · 23:40
TUI Airways
Antalya → London Gatwick Airport
9 Sept · 00:50 → 18:38
TUI Airways
Fuerteventura Island → London Gatwick Airport
9 Sept · 01:30
TUI Airways
Tenerife Island → London Gatwick Airport
9 Sept · 01:55
TUI Airways
Larnarca → London Gatwick Airport
9 Sept · 02:55
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Your rights
Your rights on this route
Gatwick 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 Gatwick
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.