Flights between Manchester and Geneva: what a delay is worth
Leaving Manchester
£220 per passenger, UK261
Leaving Geneva
£220 per passenger, UK261
Geneva is outside the UK and EU, so coming back this only applies if a UK or EU airline operated the flight.
Either 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.
Manchester and Geneva are 992 km apart (1,500 km or less), and that distance is all that decides the amount. Which figure applies depends only on which end of the route you departed from, not which way you were travelling.
In the last 12 months, 2,168 flights operated between Manchester and Geneva, and 0.8% were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £220 per passenger becomes payable under UK261 (€250 under EU261).
Punctuality is down on last year: 57.5% of flights ran on time against 62.8% in the twelve months before, and the average delay rose from 22 to 23.7 minutes.
| Manchester to Geneva, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights on this route | 2,168 | was 2,159 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 57.5% | ▼ was 62.8% |
| Average delay | 23.7 min | ▲ was 22 min |
| 3h+ late (compensation threshold) | 0.8% | - |
| Cancelled | 1.2% | - |
| Flights 3h+ late (a year) | 17 flights/year | - |
The CAA's figures don't separate arrivals from departures, so this covers the route both ways.
Manchester to Geneva, month by month
Worst month: December 2025, averaging 35.8 minutes.
Airlines flying this route
Your rights on this route
Every flight leaving Manchester for Geneva is covered by UK261, whichever airline operates it. Flights the other way, leaving Geneva for Manchester, are covered too if a UK or EU airline operated them; a flight that way on a non-UK, non-EU carrier falls outside UK261, though the Montreal Convention 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. Flying somewhere else in Switzerland? See every route between the UK and Switzerland.
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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.