How much compensation for a delayed UK to Jamaica flight?
£520 each, if you land 3 hours or more late
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Flights between the UK and Jamaica are one of the 10 worst of the 71 countries the UK flies to most for 3-hour delays.
- Flights a year
- 1,314
- Routes tracked
- 5
- Land 3 hrs or more late
- 16a 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 Jamaica 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 Jamaica instead and the airline was a UK or EU carrier). Find your route below.
| Route | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|
| Heathrow → Montego Bay | £520each |
| Gatwick → Kingston | £520each |
| Gatwick → Montego Bay | £520each |
| Birmingham → Montego Bay | £520each |
| Manchester → Montego Bay | £520each |
All 5 tracked UK ↔ Jamaica 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 Jamaica get delayed a lot?
Yes, more than most. They're one of the 10 worst of the 71 countries the UK flies to most, with 1.2% of flights landing 3 or more hours late.
That works out at about 16 flights a year crossing the 3-hour line, which is the point the airline has to pay.
When is it worst?
December 2025, when flights between the UK and Jamaica ran an average of 35.6 minutes late.
See all the numbers for Jamaica
In the last 12 months, 1,314 flights operated between the UK and Jamaica: 58.0% ran within 15 minutes of schedule, and 1.2% were 3 or more hours late, roughly 16 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: 58.0% ran on time against 56.8% in the twelve months before, and the average delay fell from 30.1 to 23.5 minutes.
Flights (12mo)
1,314
On time
58.0%
▲ 1.2pts vs last year
Avg delay
23.5 min
▼ 6.6 min vs last year
3 hours or more late
1.2%
Cancelled
3.5%
Jamaica, month by month
Worst month: December 2025, averaging 35.6 minutes.
Busiest routes between the UK and Jamaica
| UK airport | Destination | 3 hours or more pays |
|---|---|---|
| Heathrow | Montego Bay | £520each |
| Gatwick | Kingston | £520each |
| Gatwick | Montego Bay | £520each |
| Birmingham | Montego Bay | £520each |
| Manchester | Montego Bay | £520each |
Where you fly from
UK airports flying to Jamaica
| Airport | 3 hours or more late | Landed on time |
|---|---|---|
| Gatwick | 1.7% | 50.5% |
| Heathrow | 0.2% | 80.2% |
| Birmingham | 0.5% | 51.8% |
| Manchester | 2.1% | 48.4% |
Who flies there
Airlines flying between the UK and Jamaica
| Airline | 3 hours or more late | Landed on time |
|---|---|---|
| TUI Airways | 1.2% | 50.7% |
| Virgin Atlantic | 0.2% | 80.2% |
| British Airways | 2.1% | 49.7% |
Your rights
Your rights on this corridor
Every flight leaving the UK for Jamaica is covered by UK law, whichever airline operates it. Flights the other way, landing in the UK from Jamaica, 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 Jamaica'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.