How much compensation for a delayed TUI Airways flight from Manchester?
£350 or £520 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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- Flights a year
- 13,356
- Landed on time
- 53.9%
- Land 3 hrs or more late
- 93a year
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
It depends where you were going, and the table below has every destination priced. About 93 flights a year on this one cross the 3-hour line.
What it pays
What TUI Airways owes you from Manchester
One airport, so the figure is exact. Find where you were going.
Four of you on one booking is £1,400 or £2,080.
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How bad is it
Does TUI Airways get delayed a lot at Manchester?
0.7% of TUI Airways' 13,356 flights a year at Manchester land 3 or more hours late, which works out at about 93 flights a year crossing the line where the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
September 2025, when TUI Airways flights at Manchester ran an average of 32.4 minutes late.
See all the numbers for TUI Airways at Manchester
In the last 12 months, TUI Airways operated 13,356 flights at Manchester, and 0.7% were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £350 or £520 each becomes payable.
Flights are landing on time more often than last year: 53.9% ran on time against 53.1% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 29.2 to 24.8 minutes.
| TUI Airways at Manchester, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Manchester | 13,356 | was 14,242 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 53.9% | ▲ was 53.1% |
| Average delay | 24.8 min | ▼ was 29.2 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 0.7% | - |
| Cancelled | 0.2% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 93 flights/year | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.
TUI Airways at Manchester, month by month
Worst month: September 2025, averaging 32.4 minutes.
Route by route
TUI Airways' busiest routes at Manchester
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tenerife South (Reina Sofia) | 685 | 3,048 km | 28.3 min | 0.9% | £350each |
| Palma de Mallorca | 674 | 1,581 km | 36.7 min | 1.8% | £350each |
| Cancun | 539 | 7,794 km | 17 min | 0.2% | £520each |
| Sharm El Sheikh (Ophira) | 477 | 4,108 km | 25.5 min | 0.6% | £520each |
| Arrecife | 453 | 2,866 km | 21.1 min | <0.5% | £350each |
| Paphos | 404 | 3,412 km | 31.3 min | 1.2% | £350each |
| Boa Vista (Rabil) | 403 | 4,510 km | 13.7 min | 0.2% | £520each |
| Punta Cana | 371 | 6,783 km | 24.5 min | 1.3% | £520each |
From our own tracking
Recent TUI Airways flights into Manchester that ran late
Every TUI Airways arrival at Manchester we logged running 3 or more hours late, or cancelled, since August. Newest first, and only flights UK or EU rules cover. A cancelled row carries no figure because what it pays turns on the notice you were given. Amounts are per person on the booking (half on the longest flights that landed 3 to 4 hours late). Airlines can still dispute a claim by proving the cause was outside their control, so check yours for the real answer.
TUI Airways
Heraklion → Manchester Airport
9 Sept · 00:10 → 20:18
TUI Airways
Lanzarote Island → Manchester Airport
9 Sept · 02:50
TUI Airways
Rodes Island → Manchester Airport
9 Sept · 03:35
TUI Airways
Tenerife Island → Manchester Airport
9 Sept · 03:45
TUI Airways
Dalaman → Manchester Airport
6 Sept · 02:00 → 07:02
TUI Airways
Tenerife Island → Manchester Airport
30 Aug · 01:05 → 05:53
TUI Airways
Ibiza Town → Manchester Airport
29 Aug · 14:15 → 17:25
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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.
TUI Airways 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.