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Delayed on Swiss Airlines from London City to Zurich?

£220each if you land 3 hours or more late

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Flights a year
2,325
Landed on time
61.0%
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 Swiss Airlines 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 Swiss Airlines Everyone
Landed on time 61.0% 64.5%
Average delay 16.3 min 16.3 min
Landed 3 hours or more late 0.0% 0.2%

On this route Swiss Airlines is 3.5 points worse than the other airlines flying it.

Against its own network it is 5.7 points worse than usual: Swiss Airlines lands on time 66.7% of the time across all 14,502 of its UK flights a year, against 61.0% here.

Other airlines on this route

Same two airports, same 760 km, same £220.

Airline Landed on time
BA CityFlyer 69.5%

Everything we hold on London City to Zurich · Swiss Airlines 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.