How much compensation for a delayed Swiss Airlines flight from Manchester?
£220 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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Effectively one route: Manchester to Zurich, 1,007 km apart, so the figure is flat.
- Flights a year
- 1,726
- Landed on time
- 55.6%
- Land 3 hrs or more late
- 2a year
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
£220each if a delay of 3 hours or more hits this route
Effectively one route: Manchester to Zurich, 1,007 km apart.
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How bad is it
Does Swiss Airlines get delayed a lot at Manchester?
0.1% of Swiss Airlines' 1,726 flights a year at Manchester land 3 or more hours late, which works out at about 2 flights a year crossing the line where the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
July 2025, when Swiss Airlines flights at Manchester ran an average of 30.8 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Swiss Airlines at Manchester
In the last 12 months, Swiss Airlines operated 1,726 flights at Manchester, and 0.1% were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £220 each becomes payable.
Flights are landing on time more often than last year: 55.6% ran on time against 55.2% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 19.4 to 18.6 minutes.
| Swiss Airlines at Manchester, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Manchester | 1,726 | was 1,517 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 55.6% | ▲ was 55.2% |
| Average delay | 18.6 min | ▼ was 19.4 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 0.1% | - |
| Cancelled | 0.2% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 2 flights/year | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.
Swiss Airlines at Manchester, month by month
Worst month: July 2025, averaging 30.8 minutes.
Route by route
Swiss Airlines' busiest routes at Manchester
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zurich | 1,726 | 1,007 km | 18.6 min | 0.1% | £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.
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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.