How much compensation for a delayed Vueling Airlines flight from Manchester?
£220 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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Effectively one route: Manchester to Barcelona, 1,379 km apart, so the figure is flat.
- Flights a year
- 1,054
- Landed on time
- 64.0%
- Land 3 hrs or more late
- 8a 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 Barcelona, 1,379 km apart.
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How bad is it
Does Vueling Airlines get delayed a lot at Manchester?
0.8% of Vueling Airlines' 1,054 flights a year at Manchester land 3 or more hours late, which works out at about 8 flights a year crossing the line where the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
July 2025, when Vueling Airlines flights at Manchester ran an average of 24.1 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Vueling Airlines at Manchester
In the last 12 months, Vueling Airlines operated 1,054 flights at Manchester, and 0.8% were 3 or more hours late, the threshold where £220 each becomes payable.
Flights are landing on time less often than last year: 64.0% ran on time against 69.5% in the twelve months before, and the average delay rose from 15.6 to 18.4 minutes.
| Vueling Airlines at Manchester, last 12 months | Figure | vs year before |
|---|---|---|
| Flights at Manchester | 1,054 | was 973 |
| Ran on time (within 15 min) | 64.0% | ▼ was 69.5% |
| Average delay | 18.4 min | ▲ was 15.6 min |
| 3 hours or more late (the line where they pay) | 0.8% | - |
| Cancelled | 1.0% | - |
| Flights 3 hours or more late (a year) | 8 flights/year | - |
The CAA's figures combine arrivals and departures, so this covers traffic both ways, not departures alone.
Vueling Airlines at Manchester, month by month
Worst month: July 2025, averaging 24.1 minutes.
Route by route
Vueling Airlines' busiest routes at Manchester
| Destination | Flights | Distance | Avg delay | 3 hours or more late | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barcelona | 1,054 | 1,379 km | 18.4 min | 0.8% | £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.
Vueling Airlines 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.