How much compensation for a delayed Aer Lingus flight from Heathrow?
£220 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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- Flights a year
- 13,597
- Landed on time
- 78.2%
- Land 3 hrs or more late
- 14a year
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
Everyone with their own seat is paid, children included. About 14 flights a year on this one cross the 3-hour line.
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How bad is it
Does Aer Lingus get delayed a lot at Heathrow?
0.1% of Aer Lingus' 13,597 flights a year at Heathrow land 3 or more hours late, which works out at about 14 flights a year crossing the line where the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
September 2025, when Aer Lingus flights at Heathrow ran an average of 17.9 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Aer Lingus at Heathrow
In the last 12 months, Aer Lingus operated 13,597 flights at Heathrow, and 0.1% were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £220 each becomes payable.
Flights are landing on time more often than last year: 78.2% ran on time against 72.8% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 13.4 to 10.3 minutes.
| Aer Lingus at Heathrow, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Heathrow | 13,597 | was 13,866 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 78.2% | ▲ was 72.8% |
| Average delay | 10.3 min | ▼ was 13.4 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 0.1% | - |
| Cancelled | 0.7% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 14 flights/year | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.
Aer Lingus at Heathrow, month by month
Worst month: September 2025, averaging 17.9 minutes.
Route by route
Aer Lingus' busiest routes at Heathrow
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dublin | 7,951 | 449 km | 10.9 min | 0.1% | £220each |
| Cork | 2,889 | 555 km | 7.1 min | 0.1% | £220each |
| Shannon | 2,062 | 594 km | 12.5 min | 0.1% | £220each |
| Ireland West(Knock) | 695 | 625 km | 9.8 min | 0.1% | £220each |
From our own tracking
Recent Aer Lingus flights into Heathrow that ran late
Every Aer Lingus arrival at Heathrow 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.
Aer Lingus
Dublin → London Heathrow Airport
6 Oct · 10:20 → 13:31
Aer Lingus
Charleston → London Heathrow Airport
6 Oct · 14:30
Aer Lingus
Cork → London Heathrow Airport
4 Oct · 08:40 → 12:25
Aer Lingus
Limerick city → London Heathrow Airport
4 Oct · 09:05 → 12:33
Aer Lingus
Dublin → London Heathrow Airport
4 Oct · 09:05 → 12:17
Aer Lingus
Charleston → London Heathrow Airport
30 Sept · 14:30
Aer Lingus
Limerick city → London Heathrow Airport
9 Sept · 09:05
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Your rights
Your rights on this route
Heathrow 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.
Aer Lingus from other airports
Other airlines at Heathrow
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.