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How much compensation for a delayed AJet flight from Stansted?

£350 each, if you land 3 hours or more late

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Flights a year
2,232
Landed on time
72.8%

Last 12 months, CAA data

What you're owed

£350each if a delay of 3 hours or more hits

It is rare on this one: fewer than 1 in 200 flights land late enough to pay.

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How bad is it

Does AJet get delayed a lot at Stansted?

fewer than 1 in 200 flights of AJet's 2,232 flights a year at Stansted land 3 or more hours late. Rare, but the payout is the same when it happens.

When is it worst?

July 2025, when AJet flights at Stansted ran an average of 21.1 minutes late.

See all the numbers for AJet at Stansted

In the last 12 months, AJet operated 2,232 flights at Stansted, and fewer than 1 in 200 flights were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £350 each becomes payable.

Flights are landing on time more often than last year: 72.8% ran on time against 66.8% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 17.1 to 12.6 minutes.

AJet at Stansted, last 12 months
AJet at Stansted, last 12 months Figure vs year before
Flights at Stansted 2,232 was 2,163
Ran on time (within 15 min) 72.8% ▲ was 66.8%
Average delay 12.6 min ▼ was 17.1 min
3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) <0.5% -
Cancelled 0.4% -
Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) rare -

The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.

AJet at Stansted, month by month

21.1m
16.5m
19.2m
14m
6.9m
14m
20.2m
5.7m
7.7m
4.9m
7.2m
7m
JulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Worst month: July 2025, averaging 21.1 minutes.

Route by route

AJet's busiest routes at Stansted

Destination 3 hours or more late 3 hours or more pays
Istanbul (Sabiha Gokcen) 0.1% £350each
Ankara (Esenboga) <0.5% £350each

Your rights

Your rights on this route

Stansted 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.

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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.