How much compensation for a delayed UK to Egypt flight?
£520 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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Flights between the UK and Egypt are about average for the 71 countries the UK flies to most for 3-hour delays.
- Flights a year
- 15,257
- Routes tracked
- 15
- Land 3 hrs or more late
- 107a 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 Egypt 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 Egypt instead and the airline was a UK or EU carrier). Find your route below.
| Route | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|
| Heathrow → Cairo | £520each |
| Gatwick → Sharm El Sheikh (Ophira) | £520each |
| Gatwick → Hurghada | £520each |
| Manchester → Hurghada | £520each |
| Manchester → Sharm El Sheikh (Ophira) | £520each |
| Manchester → Cairo | £520each |
| Luton → Sharm El Sheikh (Ophira) | £520each |
| Luton → Hurghada | £520each |
| Luton → Sphinx International | £520each |
| Birmingham → Sharm El Sheikh (Ophira) | £520each |
| Bristol → Hurghada | £520each |
| Bristol → Sharm El Sheikh (Ophira) | £520each |
| Birmingham → Hurghada | £520each |
| Liverpool (John Lennon) → Sharm El Sheikh (Ophira) | £520each |
| Liverpool (John Lennon) → Hurghada | £520each |
All 15 tracked UK ↔ Egypt 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 Egypt get delayed a lot?
Not especially. They're about average for the 71 countries the UK flies to most, with 0.7% of flights landing 3 or more hours late.
That works out at about 107 flights a year crossing the 3-hour line, which is the point the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
July 2025, when flights between the UK and Egypt ran an average of 27.8 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Egypt
In the last 12 months, 15,257 flights operated between the UK and Egypt: 62.0% ran within 15 minutes of schedule, and 0.7% were 3 or more hours late, roughly 107 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 more often than last year: 62.0% ran on time against 59.8% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 23 to 20.8 minutes.
Flights (12mo)
15,257
On time
62.0%
▲ 2.2pts vs last year
Avg delay
20.8 min
▼ 2.2 min vs last year
3 hours or more late
0.7%
Cancelled
0.7%
Egypt, month by month
Worst month: July 2025, averaging 27.8 minutes.
Busiest routes between the UK and Egypt
| UK airport | Destination | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|
| Heathrow | Cairo | £520each |
| Gatwick | Sharm El Sheikh (Ophira) | £520each |
| Gatwick | Hurghada | £520each |
| Manchester | Hurghada | £520each |
| Manchester | Sharm El Sheikh (Ophira) | £520each |
| Manchester | Cairo | £520each |
| Luton | Sharm El Sheikh (Ophira) | £520each |
| Luton | Hurghada | £520each |
| Luton | Sphinx International | £520each |
| Birmingham | Sharm El Sheikh (Ophira) | £520each |
| Bristol | Hurghada | £520each |
| Bristol | Sharm El Sheikh (Ophira) | £520each |
| Birmingham | Hurghada | £520each |
| Liverpool (John Lennon) | Sharm El Sheikh (Ophira) | £520each |
| Liverpool (John Lennon) | Hurghada | £520each |
Where you fly from
UK airports flying to Egypt
| Airport | 3 hours or more late | Landed on time |
|---|---|---|
| Heathrow | 0.2% | 66.8% |
| Gatwick | 0.5% | 67.8% |
| Manchester | 0.8% | 49.8% |
| Luton | 0.7% | 61.6% |
| Bristol | 0.2% | 66.8% |
| Birmingham | 2.1% | 59.6% |
| Liverpool (John Lennon) | 1.4% | 68.9% |
| Newcastle | 0.5% | 53.2% |
| Glasgow | 1.2% | 53.2% |
| East Midlands International | <0.5% | 67.9% |
| Belfast International | 1.8% | 59.6% |
| Edinburgh | <0.5% | 64.0% |
| Stansted | 3.5% | 27.1% |
Who flies there
Airlines flying between the UK and Egypt
| Airline | 3 hours or more late | Landed on time |
|---|---|---|
| easyJet | 0.9% | 60.8% |
| TUI Airways | 0.7% | 61.1% |
| Egypt Air | 0.3% | 57.3% |
| British Airways | 0.2% | 74.2% |
| Wizz Air | 1.0% | 66.3% |
Your rights
Your rights on this corridor
Every flight leaving the UK for Egypt is covered by UK law, whichever airline operates it. Flights the other way, landing in the UK from Egypt, 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 Egypt'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.
From our own tracking
Recent flights from Egypt that ran late
Every arrival into the airports we sweep that departed Egypt and ran 3 or more hours late, or was 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.
Wizz Air UK
Giza → London Luton Airport
29 Sept · 18:00 → 23:06
TUI Airways
Hurghada → Bristol Airport
17 Sept · 02:35 → 05:45
easyJet
Sharm el Sheikh → London Gatwick Airport
9 Sept · 02:00
British Airways
Cairo → London Heathrow Airport
9 Sept · 10:55
easyJet
Sharm el Sheikh → London Gatwick Airport
8 Sept · 22:55
TUI Airways
Hurghada → Birmingham Airport
29 Aug · 03:20 → 06:54
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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.