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How much compensation for a delayed West Jet Airlines flight from Gatwick?

£520 each, if you land 3 hours or more late

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Flights a year
364
Landed on time
62.5%
Land 3 hrs or more late
1a year

Last 12 months, CAA data

What you're owed

£520 just you
£1,040 two of you
£2,080 a family of four

Everyone with their own seat is paid, children included. About 1 flights a year on this one cross the 3-hour line.

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How bad is it

Does West Jet Airlines get delayed a lot at Gatwick?

0.3% of West Jet Airlines' 364 flights a year at Gatwick land 3 or more hours late, which works out at about 1 flights a year crossing the line where the airline has to pay.

When is it worst?

August 2025, when West Jet Airlines flights at Gatwick ran an average of 21.9 minutes late.

See all the numbers for West Jet Airlines at Gatwick

In the last 12 months, West Jet Airlines operated 364 flights at Gatwick, and 0.3% were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £520 each becomes payable.

Flights are landing on time less often than last year: 62.5% ran on time against 65.1% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 18 to 16.3 minutes.

West Jet Airlines at Gatwick, last 12 months
West Jet Airlines at Gatwick, last 12 months Figure vs year before
Flights at Gatwick 364 was 363
Ran on time (within 15 min) 62.5% ▼ was 65.1%
Average delay 16.3 min ▼ was 18 min
3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) 0.3% -
Cancelled 1.1% -
Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) 1 flights/year -

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

West Jet Airlines at Gatwick, month by month

18.2m
21.9m
17.5m
15.5m
0m
0m
0m
0m
0m
28.2m
11.3m
11.2m
JulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Worst month: August 2025, averaging 21.9 minutes.

Route by route

West Jet Airlines' busiest routes at Gatwick

Destination 3 hours or more late 3 hours or more pays
St Johns <0.5% £520each
Halifax Int 0.6% £520each

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.

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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.