How much compensation for a delayed Aer Lingus flight from Manchester?
£220 or £520 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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- Flights a year
- 8,439
- Landed on time
- 67.7%
- Land 3 hrs or more late
- 76a year
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
It depends where you were going, and the table below has every destination priced. About 76 flights a year on this one cross the 3-hour line.
What it pays
What Aer Lingus owes you from Manchester
One airport, so the figure is exact. Find where you were going.
Four of you on one booking is £880 or £2,080.
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How bad is it
Does Aer Lingus get delayed a lot at Manchester?
0.9% of Aer Lingus' 8,439 flights a year at Manchester land 3 or more hours late, which works out at about 76 flights a year crossing the line where the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
December 2025, when Aer Lingus flights at Manchester ran an average of 34.2 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Aer Lingus at Manchester
In the last 12 months, Aer Lingus operated 8,439 flights at Manchester, and 0.9% were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £220 or £520 each becomes payable.
Flights are landing on time less often than last year: 67.7% ran on time against 77.3% in the twelve months before, and the average delay rose from 12.7 to 18.1 minutes.
| Aer Lingus at Manchester, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Manchester | 8,439 | was 7,651 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 67.7% | ▼ was 77.3% |
| Average delay | 18.1 min | ▲ was 12.7 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 0.9% | - |
| Cancelled | 2.6% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 76 flights/year | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.
Aer Lingus at Manchester, month by month
Worst month: December 2025, averaging 34.2 minutes.
Route by route
Aer Lingus' busiest routes at Manchester
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dublin | 4,996 | 264 km | 18.4 min | 0.6% | £220each |
| Belfast City (George Best) | 2,601 | 274 km | 16.8 min | 1.3% | £220each |
| New York (John F Kennedy) | 380 | 5,362 km | 24 min | 2.2% | £520each |
| Orlando | 330 | 6,804 km | 13.8 min | <0.5% | £520each |
| Bridgetown | 127 | 6,698 km | 30.4 min | 4.6% | £520each |
Your rights
Your rights on this route
Manchester 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 Manchester
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.