How much compensation for a delayed Lufthansa flight from Manchester?
£220 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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- Flights a year
- 4,265
- Landed on time
- 65.8%
- Land 3 hrs or more late
- 9a year
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
Everyone with their own seat is paid, children included. About 9 flights a year on this one cross the 3-hour line.
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How bad is it
Does Lufthansa get delayed a lot at Manchester?
0.2% of Lufthansa's 4,265 flights a year at Manchester land 3 or more hours late, which works out at about 9 flights a year crossing the line where the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
December 2025, when Lufthansa flights at Manchester ran an average of 20.2 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Lufthansa at Manchester
In the last 12 months, Lufthansa operated 4,265 flights at Manchester, and 0.2% were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £220 each becomes payable.
Flights are landing on time less often than last year: 65.8% ran on time against 71.2% in the twelve months before, and the average delay rose from 13.5 to 15 minutes.
| Lufthansa at Manchester, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Manchester | 4,265 | was 4,676 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 65.8% | ▼ was 71.2% |
| Average delay | 15 min | ▲ was 13.5 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 0.2% | - |
| Cancelled | 2.4% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 9 flights/year | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.
Lufthansa at Manchester, month by month
Worst month: December 2025, averaging 20.2 minutes.
Route by route
Lufthansa's busiest routes at Manchester
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankfurt Main | 2,593 | 832 km | 14.2 min | 0.1% | £220each |
| Munich | 1,670 | 1,130 km | 16.3 min | 0.3% | £220each |
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.
Lufthansa 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.