How much compensation for a delayed Air China flight from Gatwick?
£520 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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- Flights a year
- 1,280
- Landed on time
- 83.0%
- Land 3 hrs or more late
- 10a year
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
Everyone with their own seat is paid, children included. About 10 flights a year on this one cross the 3-hour line.
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How bad is it
Does Air China get delayed a lot at Gatwick?
0.8% of Air China's 1,280 flights a year at Gatwick land 3 or more hours late, which works out at about 10 flights a year crossing the line where the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
July 2025, when Air China flights at Gatwick ran an average of 22.7 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Air China at Gatwick
In the last 12 months, Air China operated 1,280 flights at Gatwick, and 0.8% were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £520 each becomes payable.
Flights are landing on time more often than last year: 83.0% ran on time against 77.7% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 12.6 to 11 minutes.
| Air China at Gatwick, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Gatwick | 1,280 | was 1,116 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 83.0% | ▲ was 77.7% |
| Average delay | 11 min | ▼ was 12.6 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 0.8% | - |
| Cancelled | 0.2% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 10 flights/year | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.
Air China at Gatwick, month by month
Worst month: July 2025, averaging 22.7 minutes.
Route by route
Air China's busiest routes at Gatwick
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai (Pu Dong) | 764 | 9,252 km | 10.7 min | 0.5% | £520each |
| Beijing | 516 | 8,166 km | 11.4 min | 1.2% | £520each |
Your rights
Your rights on this route
Gatwick 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.
Other airlines at Gatwick
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.