How much compensation for a delayed Vueling Airlines flight from Heathrow?
£220 or £350 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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- Flights a year
- 3,702
- Landed on time
- 77.8%
- Land 3 hrs or more late
- 11a 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 11 flights a year on this one cross the 3-hour line.
What it pays
What Vueling Airlines owes you from Heathrow
One airport, so the figure is exact. Find where you were going.
Four of you on one booking is £880 or £1,400.
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How bad is it
Does Vueling Airlines get delayed a lot at Heathrow?
0.3% of Vueling Airlines' 3,702 flights a year at Heathrow land 3 or more hours late, which works out at about 11 flights a year crossing the line where the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
September 2025, when Vueling Airlines flights at Heathrow ran an average of 25.7 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Vueling Airlines at Heathrow
In the last 12 months, Vueling Airlines operated 3,702 flights at Heathrow, and 0.3% were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £220 or £350 each becomes payable.
Flights are landing on time more often than last year: 77.8% ran on time against 62.2% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 19.5 to 11.7 minutes.
| Vueling Airlines at Heathrow, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Heathrow | 3,702 | was 2,548 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 77.8% | ▲ was 62.2% |
| Average delay | 11.7 min | ▼ was 19.5 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 0.3% | - |
| Cancelled | 0.5% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 11 flights/year | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.
Vueling Airlines at Heathrow, month by month
Worst month: September 2025, averaging 25.7 minutes.
Route by route
Vueling Airlines' busiest routes at Heathrow
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barcelona | 1,434 | 1,148 km | 13.6 min | 0.3% | £220each |
| Bilbao | 722 | 927 km | 13.4 min | 0.3% | £220each |
| Paris (Orly) | 692 | 365 km | 8.8 min | 0.3% | £220each |
| Santiago de Compostela (Spain) | 596 | 1,126 km | 10.3 min | 0.5% | £220each |
| Seville | 188 | 1,620 km | 7.3 min | <0.5% | £350each |
| A Coruna | 70 | 1,085 km | 9.5 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.
Vueling 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.