How much compensation for a delayed Virgin Atlantic flight from Manchester?
£520 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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- Flights a year
- 2,415
- Landed on time
- 82.4%
- Land 3 hrs or more late
- 7a year
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
Everyone with their own seat is paid, children included. About 7 flights a year on this one cross the 3-hour line.
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How bad is it
Does Virgin Atlantic get delayed a lot at Manchester?
0.3% of Virgin Atlantic's 2,415 flights a year at Manchester land 3 or more hours late, which works out at about 7 flights a year crossing the line where the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
December 2025, when Virgin Atlantic flights at Manchester ran an average of 17.2 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Virgin Atlantic at Manchester
In the last 12 months, Virgin Atlantic operated 2,415 flights at Manchester, and 0.3% were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £520 each becomes payable.
Flights are landing on time more often than last year: 82.4% ran on time against 80.1% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 12.1 to 9.9 minutes.
| Virgin Atlantic at Manchester, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Manchester | 2,415 | was 2,490 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 82.4% | ▲ was 80.1% |
| Average delay | 9.9 min | ▼ was 12.1 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 0.3% | - |
| Cancelled | 0.6% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 7 flights/year | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.
Virgin Atlantic at Manchester, month by month
Worst month: December 2025, averaging 17.2 minutes.
Route by route
Virgin Atlantic's busiest routes at Manchester
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orlando | 882 | 6,804 km | 14.4 min | 0.8% | £520each |
| Atlanta | 628 | 6,581 km | 4.7 min | <0.5% | £520each |
| New York (John F Kennedy) | 590 | 5,362 km | 7.3 min | <0.5% | £520each |
| Las Vegas | 161 | 8,166 km | 14 min | 0.6% | £520each |
| Bridgetown | 152 | 6,698 km | 10.9 min | <0.5% | £520each |
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.