Delayed on BA CityFlyer from London City to Zurich?
£220each if you land 3 hours or more late
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- Flights a year
- 1,606
- Landed on time
- 69.5%
- Distance apart
- 760 km
Last 12 months, CAA data
What you're owed
Leaving London City
£220each under UK law
Leaving Zurich
£220each under UK law
Zurich is outside the UK and EU, so coming back this only applies if a UK or EU airline operated the flight.
London City to Zurich is 760 km, which fixes the figure: £220 each leaving London City, and the same £220 each coming back if a UK or EU airline operated the flight. It is per person, so four of you is £880.
How BA CityFlyer does on this route
Better or worse than the route itself?
Everyone flying London City to Zurich hits the same airspace and the same two airports, so the honest question is not whether the route is busy, it is whether this airline handles it better or worse than the others on it.
On this route BA CityFlyer is 5 points better than the other airlines flying it.
Against its own network it is 5.8 points worse than usual: BA CityFlyer lands on time 75.3% of the time across all 38,661 of its UK flights a year, against 69.5% here.
In money terms: about 8 flights a year on this route land 3 hours or more late, which is about 1 flight in 200. Everyone on board one of those is owed £220 each.
Other airlines on this route
Same two airports, same 760 km, same £220.
Everything we hold on London City to Zurich · BA CityFlyer across every UK airport
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.