How much compensation for a delayed China Eastern Airlines flight from Gatwick?
£520 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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Effectively one route: Gatwick to Shanghai (Pu Dong), 9,252 km apart, so the figure is flat.
- Flights a year
- 1,354
- Landed on time
- 86.9%
- Land 3 hrs or more late
- 5a year
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
£520each if a delay of 3 hours or more hits this route
Effectively one route: Gatwick to Shanghai (Pu Dong), 9,252 km apart.
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How bad is it
Does China Eastern Airlines get delayed a lot at Gatwick?
0.4% of China Eastern Airlines' 1,354 flights a year at Gatwick land 3 or more hours late, which works out at about 5 flights a year crossing the line where the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
February 2026, when China Eastern Airlines flights at Gatwick ran an average of 14.1 minutes late.
See all the numbers for China Eastern Airlines at Gatwick
In the last 12 months, China Eastern Airlines operated 1,354 flights at Gatwick, and 0.4% were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £520 each becomes payable.
Flights are landing on time more often than last year: 86.9% ran on time against 78.5% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 12.7 to 7.5 minutes.
| China Eastern Airlines at Gatwick, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Gatwick | 1,354 | was 1,232 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 86.9% | ▲ was 78.5% |
| Average delay | 7.5 min | ▼ was 12.7 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 0.4% | - |
| Cancelled | 0.0% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 5 flights/year | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.
China Eastern Airlines at Gatwick, month by month
Worst month: February 2026, averaging 14.1 minutes.
Route by route
China Eastern Airlines' busiest routes at Gatwick
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai (Pu Dong) | 1,354 | 9,252 km | 7.5 min | 0.4% | £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.