How much compensation for a delayed Norwegian flight from Manchester?
£220 or £350 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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- Flights a year
- 1,115
- Landed on time
- 60.2%
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
£220 or £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.
What it pays
What Norwegian 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 £1,400.
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If it lands 3 hours or more late we email you what you're owed.
How bad is it
Does Norwegian get delayed a lot at Manchester?
fewer than 1 in 200 flights of Norwegian's 1,115 flights a year at Manchester land 3 or more hours late. Rare, but the payout is the same when it happens.
When is it worst?
January 2026, when Norwegian flights at Manchester ran an average of 29.6 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Norwegian at Manchester
In the last 12 months, Norwegian operated 1,115 flights at Manchester, and fewer than 1 in 200 flights were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £220 or £350 each becomes payable.
Flights are landing on time less often than last year: 60.2% ran on time against 68.9% in the twelve months before, and the average delay rose from 16.8 to 17.8 minutes.
| Norwegian at Manchester, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Manchester | 1,115 | was 1,050 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 60.2% | ▼ was 68.9% |
| Average delay | 17.8 min | ▲ was 16.8 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | <0.5% | - |
| Cancelled | 0.3% | - |
| 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.
Norwegian at Manchester, month by month
Worst month: January 2026, averaging 29.6 minutes.
Route by route
Norwegian's busiest routes at Manchester
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oslo (Gardermoen) | 354 | 1,112 km | 15.6 min | <0.5% | £220each |
| Copenhagen | 283 | 995 km | 21.5 min | <0.5% | £220each |
| Bergen | 174 | 896 km | 20.1 min | <0.5% | £220each |
| Stavanger | 142 | 785 km | 16.6 min | <0.5% | £220each |
| Tromsoe | 88 | 2,111 km | 12.4 min | <0.5% | £350each |
| Stockholm (Arlanda) | 74 | 1,416 km | 17.3 min | <0.5% | £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.
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.