How much compensation for a delayed UK to India flight?
£520 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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Flights between the UK and India are one of the 10 worst of the 71 countries the UK flies to most for 3-hour delays.
- Flights a year
- 16,955
- Routes tracked
- 14
- Land 3 hrs or more late
- 271a year
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
£520each if you land 3 hours or more late
Every route the CAA tracks between the UK and India falls in the same distance band (Over 3,500 km), so a delay of 3 hours or more pays a flat £520 each if the flight left the UK (€600 under EU261 if it left India instead and the airline was a UK or EU carrier). Find your route below.
| Route | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|
| Heathrow → Delhi | £520each |
| Heathrow → Mumbai | £520each |
| Heathrow → Bangalore (Bengaluru) | £520each |
| Heathrow → Chennai | £520each |
| Heathrow → Hyderabad ( Rajiv Ghandi ) | £520each |
| Manchester → Mumbai | £520each |
| Birmingham → Amritsar | £520each |
| Birmingham → Delhi | £520each |
| Gatwick → Ahmedabad | £520each |
| Manchester → Delhi | £520each |
| Gatwick → Amritsar | £520each |
| Manchester → Goa International | £520each |
| Gatwick → Goa International | £520each |
| Heathrow → Ahmedabad | £520each |
All 14 tracked UK ↔ India routes, sorted by yearly flight volume. Figures are each; the EU version of the law pays €600 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 India get delayed a lot?
Yes, more than most. They're one of the 10 worst of the 71 countries the UK flies to most, with 1.6% of flights landing 3 or more hours late.
That works out at about 271 flights a year crossing the 3-hour line, which is the point the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
March 2026, when flights between the UK and India ran an average of 46.6 minutes late.
See all the numbers for India
In the last 12 months, 16,955 flights operated between the UK and India: 62.9% ran within 15 minutes of schedule, and 1.6% were 3 or more hours late, roughly 271 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: 62.9% ran on time against 62.2% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 26.8 to 24.4 minutes.
Flights (12mo)
16,955
On time
62.9%
▲ 0.7pts vs last year
Avg delay
24.4 min
▼ 2.4 min vs last year
3 hours or more late
1.6%
Cancelled
1.6%
India, month by month
Worst month: March 2026, averaging 46.6 minutes.
Busiest routes between the UK and India
| UK airport | Destination | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|
| Heathrow | Delhi | £520each |
| Heathrow | Mumbai | £520each |
| Heathrow | Bangalore (Bengaluru) | £520each |
| Heathrow | Chennai | £520each |
| Heathrow | Hyderabad ( Rajiv Ghandi ) | £520each |
| Manchester | Mumbai | £520each |
| Birmingham | Amritsar | £520each |
| Birmingham | Delhi | £520each |
| Gatwick | Ahmedabad | £520each |
| Manchester | Delhi | £520each |
| Gatwick | Amritsar | £520each |
| Manchester | Goa International | £520each |
| Gatwick | Goa International | £520each |
| Heathrow | Ahmedabad | £520each |
Where you fly from
UK airports flying to India
| Airport | 3 hours or more late | Landed on time |
|---|---|---|
| Heathrow | 1.2% | 64.8% |
| Manchester | 9.7% | 40.1% |
| Birmingham | 2.8% | 41.2% |
| Gatwick | 2.5% | 62.3% |
Who flies there
Airlines flying between the UK and India
| Airline | 3 hours or more late | Landed on time |
|---|---|---|
| Air India | 2.3% | 43.7% |
| British Airways | 0.8% | 75.5% |
| Virgin Atlantic | 0.2% | 79.4% |
| Indigo | 6.1% | 45.1% |
| Air Canada | 1.9% | 67.0% |
| TUI Airways | 0.6% | 71.5% |
Your rights
Your rights on this corridor
Every flight leaving the UK for India is covered by UK law, whichever airline operates it. Flights the other way, landing in the UK from India, 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 India'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 India that ran late
Every arrival into the airports we sweep that departed India 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.
Virgin Atlantic
New Delhi → London Heathrow Airport
7 Oct · 16:15
British Airways
Mumbai → London Heathrow Airport
1 Oct · 18:15
British Airways
Mumbai → London Heathrow Airport
29 Sept · 07:00 → 10:15
British Airways
Bangalore → London Heathrow Airport
20 Sept · 09:05 → 13:07
British Airways
Mumbai → London Heathrow Airport
12 Sept · 15:00
British Airways
Mumbai → London Heathrow Airport
9 Sept · 15:00 → 20:10
British Airways
Hyderabad → London Heathrow Airport
9 Sept · 13:50 → 18:37
British Airways
Bangalore → London Heathrow Airport
9 Sept · 13:15 → 17:18
British Airways
Chennai → London Heathrow Airport
9 Sept · 12:10
Virgin Atlantic
Bangalore → London Heathrow Airport
9 Sept · 14:35
British Airways
New Delhi → London Heathrow Airport
9 Sept · 15:20
Virgin Atlantic
New Delhi → London Heathrow Airport
9 Sept · 16:15
Virgin Atlantic
Mumbai → London Heathrow Airport
9 Sept · 16:45
Virgin Atlantic
Bangalore → London Heathrow Airport
6 Sept · 14:35
British Airways
Bangalore → London Heathrow Airport
5 Sept · 09:05 → 18:37
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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.