How much compensation for a delayed Qatar Airways flight from Edinburgh?
£520 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
Check your flight
FreePick your airports and the date you flew. We'll list every flight on that route that day.
A few quick questions. No personal details needed.
Effectively one route: Edinburgh to Doha Hamad, 5,547 km apart, so the figure is flat.
- Flights a year
- 1,149
- Landed on time
- 78.0%
- Land 3 hrs or more late
- 8a 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: Edinburgh to Doha Hamad, 5,547 km apart.
Watch my flight
Flying soon? We'll watch your flight
If it lands 3 hours or more late we email you what you're owed.
How bad is it
Does Qatar Airways get delayed a lot at Edinburgh?
0.7% of Qatar Airways' 1,149 flights a year at Edinburgh land 3 or more hours late, which works out at about 8 flights a year crossing the line where the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
December 2025, when Qatar Airways flights at Edinburgh ran an average of 17.8 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Qatar Airways at Edinburgh
In the last 12 months, Qatar Airways operated 1,149 flights at Edinburgh, and 0.7% were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £520 each becomes payable.
Flights are landing on time less often than last year: 78.0% ran on time against 81.5% in the twelve months before, and the average delay rose from 10 to 11.1 minutes.
| Qatar Airways at Edinburgh, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Edinburgh | 1,149 | was 1,454 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 78.0% | ▼ was 81.5% |
| Average delay | 11.1 min | ▲ was 10 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 0.7% | - |
| Cancelled | 7.3% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 8 flights/year | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.
Qatar Airways at Edinburgh, month by month
Worst month: December 2025, averaging 17.8 minutes.
Route by route
Qatar Airways' busiest routes at Edinburgh
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doha Hamad | 1,149 | 5,547 km | 11.1 min | 0.7% | £520each |
Your rights
Your rights on this route
Edinburgh 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.
Qatar Airways from other airports
Other airlines at Edinburgh
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.