How much compensation for a delayed UK to Brazil flight?
£520 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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Flights between the UK and Brazil are worse than most of the 71 countries the UK flies to most for 3-hour delays.
- Flights a year
- 1,459
- Routes tracked
- 1
- Land 3 hrs or more late
- 13a year
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
£520each if you land 3 hours or more late
Every route the CAA tracks between the UK and Brazil falls in the same distance band (Over 3,500 km), so a delay of 3 hours or more pays a flat £520 each if the flight left the UK (€600 under EU261 if it left Brazil instead and the airline was a UK or EU carrier). Find your route below.
| Route | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|
| Heathrow → Sao Paulo (Guarulhos) | £520each |
All 1 tracked UK ↔ Brazil routes, sorted by yearly flight volume. Figures are each; the EU version of the law pays €600 for the same band.
The figure is payable only when the delay was within the airline's control. A technical fault, a crew shortage or a late inbound aircraft all count; genuinely extraordinary circumstances such as severe weather or an air traffic control restriction do not.
How bad is it
Do flights between the UK and Brazil get delayed a lot?
Yes, more than most. They're worse than most of the 71 countries the UK flies to most, with 0.9% of flights landing 3 or more hours late.
That works out at about 13 flights a year crossing the 3-hour line, which is the point the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
March 2026, when flights between the UK and Brazil ran an average of 39.3 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Brazil
In the last 12 months, 1,459 flights operated between the UK and Brazil: 75.5% ran within 15 minutes of schedule, and 0.9% were 3 or more hours late, roughly 13 flights' worth of eligible passengers in a year. The CAA's figures don't separate arrivals from departures, so this covers the corridor both ways.
Flights are landing on time less often than last year: 75.5% ran on time against 77.8% in the twelve months before, and the average delay rose from 12.1 to 17.7 minutes.
Flights (12mo)
1,459
On time
75.5%
▼ 2.3pts vs last year
Avg delay
17.7 min
▲ 5.6 min vs last year
3 hours or more late
0.9%
Cancelled
0.7%
Brazil, month by month
Worst month: March 2026, averaging 39.3 minutes.
Busiest routes between the UK and Brazil
| UK airport | Destination | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|
| Heathrow | Sao Paulo (Guarulhos) | £520each |
Where you fly from
UK airports flying to Brazil
| Airport | 3 hours or more late | Landed on time |
|---|---|---|
| Heathrow | 0.9% | 75.6% |
Who flies there
Airlines flying between the UK and Brazil
| Airline | 3 hours or more late | Landed on time |
|---|---|---|
| Tam Linhas Aereas | 0.3% | 72.5% |
| British Airways | 1.5% | 78.7% |
Your rights
Your rights on this corridor
Every flight leaving the UK for Brazil is covered by UK law, whichever airline operates it. Flights the other way, landing in the UK from Brazil, are covered too if a UK or EU airline operated them; a return flight on a non-UK, non-EU carrier falls outside it, though the Montreal Convention and Brazil's own rules may still give you a claim. See the full breakdown on the 3-hour rule. Cancelled instead of delayed? Broadly the same amounts apply under different conditions. See cancelled flight compensation.
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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.