How much compensation for a delayed Swiss Airlines flight from Heathrow?
£220 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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- Flights a year
- 8,617
- Landed on time
- 72.0%
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
£220each 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 Swiss Airlines get delayed a lot at Heathrow?
fewer than 1 in 200 flights of Swiss Airlines' 8,617 flights a year at Heathrow land 3 or more hours late. Rare, but the payout is the same when it happens.
When is it worst?
July 2025, when Swiss Airlines flights at Heathrow ran an average of 22.7 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Swiss Airlines at Heathrow
In the last 12 months, Swiss Airlines operated 8,617 flights at Heathrow, and fewer than 1 in 200 flights were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £220 each becomes payable.
Flights are landing on time more often than last year: 72.0% ran on time against 65.1% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 15.9 to 12.5 minutes.
| Swiss Airlines at Heathrow, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Heathrow | 8,617 | was 8,500 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 72.0% | ▲ was 65.1% |
| Average delay | 12.5 min | ▼ was 15.9 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | <0.5% | - |
| Cancelled | 1.0% | - |
| 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.
Swiss Airlines at Heathrow, month by month
Worst month: July 2025, averaging 22.7 minutes.
Route by route
Swiss Airlines' busiest routes at Heathrow
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zurich | 5,076 | 788 km | 12.5 min | <0.5% | £220each |
| Geneva | 3,541 | 754 km | 12.6 min | <0.5% | £220each |
Your rights
Your rights on this route
Heathrow 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.
Swiss Airlines from other airports
Other airlines at Heathrow
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.