How much compensation for a delayed UK to France flight?
£220 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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Flights between the UK and France are about average for the 71 countries the UK flies to most for 3-hour delays.
- Flights a year
- 86,081
- Routes tracked
- 15
- Land 3 hrs or more late
- 516a year
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
£220each if you land 3 hours or more late
Every route the CAA tracks between the UK and France falls in the same distance band (1,500 km or less), so a delay of 3 hours or more pays a flat £220 each if the flight left the UK (€250 under EU261 if it left France instead and the airline was a UK or EU carrier). Find your route below.
| Route | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|
| Heathrow → Paris (Charles de Gaulle) | £220each |
| Manchester → Paris (Charles de Gaulle) | £220each |
| Heathrow → Nice | £220each |
| Edinburgh → Paris (Charles de Gaulle) | £220each |
| Gatwick → Nice | £220each |
| Birmingham → Paris (Charles de Gaulle) | £220each |
| Gatwick → Paris (Charles de Gaulle) | £220each |
| Luton → Paris (Charles de Gaulle) | £220each |
| Heathrow → Marseille | £220each |
| Gatwick → Bordeaux | £220each |
| Newcastle → Paris (Charles de Gaulle) | £220each |
| Gatwick → Lyon | £220each |
| Bristol → Paris (Charles de Gaulle) | £220each |
| Heathrow → Toulouse (Blagnac) | £220each |
| Heathrow → Lyon | £220each |
All 15 tracked UK ↔ France routes, sorted by yearly flight volume. Figures are each; the EU version of the law pays €250 for the same band.
The figure is payable only when the delay was within the airline's control. A technical fault, a crew shortage or a late inbound aircraft all count; genuinely extraordinary circumstances such as severe weather or an air traffic control restriction do not.
How bad is it
Do flights between the UK and France get delayed a lot?
Not especially. They're about average for the 71 countries the UK flies to most, with 0.6% of flights landing 3 or more hours late.
That works out at about 516 flights a year crossing the 3-hour line, which is the point the airline has to pay.
Flying home rather than out?
Coming back from France it's €250 rather than £220, because departures from there fall under the EU version of the rules.
When is it worst?
July 2025, when flights between the UK and France ran an average of 28.9 minutes late.
See all the numbers for France
In the last 12 months, 86,081 flights operated between the UK and France: 68.3% ran within 15 minutes of schedule, and 0.6% were 3 or more hours late, roughly 516 flights' worth of eligible passengers in a year. The CAA's figures don't separate arrivals from departures, so this covers the corridor both ways.
Flights are landing on time more often than last year: 68.3% ran on time against 66.4% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 19 to 17.5 minutes.
Flights (12mo)
86,081
On time
68.3%
▲ 1.9pts vs last year
Avg delay
17.5 min
▼ 1.5 min vs last year
3 hours or more late
0.6%
Cancelled
1.2%
France, month by month
Worst month: July 2025, averaging 28.9 minutes.
Busiest routes between the UK and France
| UK airport | Destination | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|
| Heathrow | Paris (Charles de Gaulle) | £220each |
| Manchester | Paris (Charles de Gaulle) | £220each |
| Heathrow | Nice | £220each |
| Edinburgh | Paris (Charles de Gaulle) | £220each |
| Gatwick | Nice | £220each |
| Birmingham | Paris (Charles de Gaulle) | £220each |
| Gatwick | Paris (Charles de Gaulle) | £220each |
| Luton | Paris (Charles de Gaulle) | £220each |
| Heathrow | Marseille | £220each |
| Gatwick | Bordeaux | £220each |
| Newcastle | Paris (Charles de Gaulle) | £220each |
| Gatwick | Lyon | £220each |
| Bristol | Paris (Charles de Gaulle) | £220each |
| Heathrow | Toulouse (Blagnac) | £220each |
| Heathrow | Lyon | £220each |
Where you fly from
UK airports flying to France
| Airport | 3 hours or more late | Landed on time |
|---|---|---|
| Heathrow | 0.3% | 76.3% |
| Gatwick | 0.7% | 68.5% |
| Manchester | 0.7% | 58.6% |
| Stansted | 0.8% | 65.6% |
| Edinburgh | 0.7% | 64.6% |
| Luton | 1.0% | 66.1% |
| Birmingham | 0.6% | 66.3% |
| Bristol | 0.4% | 67.7% |
| Newcastle | 0.4% | 68.0% |
| Glasgow | 0.1% | 65.3% |
| London City | 0.7% | 51.5% |
| Belfast International | 0.2% | 72.0% |
| Leeds Bradford | 0.8% | 60.7% |
| Liverpool (John Lennon) | 0.1% | 73.3% |
| Southend | 0.4% | 81.4% |
| East Midlands International | 0.9% | 63.6% |
| Bournemouth | 1.8% | 80.8% |
| Southampton | <0.5% | 72.9% |
| Jersey | 1.2% | 77.5% |
| Aberdeen | <0.5% | 78.6% |
| Cardiff Wales | 0.9% | 61.1% |
Who flies there
Airlines flying between the UK and France
| Airline | 3 hours or more late | Landed on time |
|---|---|---|
| easyJet | 0.6% | 66.4% |
| British Airways | 0.5% | 75.0% |
| Ryanair | 0.6% | 65.9% |
| Air France | 0.5% | 68.6% |
| Vueling Airlines | 0.2% | 82.2% |
| Jet2.com | 1.2% | 55.7% |
| BA CityFlyer | 1.0% | 50.7% |
| TUI Airways | 1.7% | 57.4% |
| Wizz Air | 0.3% | 81.2% |
| Transavia France | <0.5% | 78.1% |
| Titan Airways | 1.6% | 56.6% |
| Volotea | <0.5% | 56.7% |
| Blue Islands | 2.7% | 75.7% |
| Enter Air | <0.5% | 50.7% |
| Finist Air | <0.5% | 88.1% |
| Alba Star | 2.0% | 40.0% |
Your rights
Your rights on this corridor
Every flight leaving the UK for France is covered by UK law, whichever airline operates it. Flights the other way, landing in the UK from France, are covered too if a UK or EU airline operated them; a return flight on a non-UK, non-EU carrier falls outside it, though the Montreal Convention and France's own rules may still give you a claim. See the full breakdown on the 3-hour rule. Cancelled instead of delayed? Broadly the same amounts apply under different conditions. See cancelled flight compensation.
From our own tracking
Recent flights from France that ran late
Every arrival into the airports we sweep that departed France and ran 3 or more hours late, or was 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.
easyJet
Bâle/Mulhouse → London Gatwick Airport
9 Oct · 07:35
United Airlines
Nice → Newark Liberty International Airport
8 Oct · 15:35 → 22:14
easyJet
Lyon → Manchester Airport
8 Oct · 01:35 → 04:38
British Airways
Nice → London City Airport
6 Oct · 13:20 → 16:53
British Airways
Paris → London Heathrow Airport
6 Oct · 08:35 → 11:36
British Airways
Marseille → London Heathrow Airport
6 Oct · 12:00
British Airways
Bâle/Mulhouse → London Heathrow Airport
6 Oct · 12:45
British Airways
Nice → London Heathrow Airport
6 Oct · 13:10
British Airways
Marseille → London Heathrow Airport
6 Oct · 14:00
British Airways
Nice → London Heathrow Airport
6 Oct · 16:25
British Airways
Toulouse-Blagnac → London Heathrow Airport
6 Oct · 18:45
easyJet
Rennes/Saint-Jacques → London Gatwick Airport
5 Oct · 16:10 → 19:43
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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.