easyJet: flights 3+ hours late or cancelled at UK airports

Of 393,836 scheduled easyJet flights to and from UK airports in 2025, 1.3% were cancelled or at least 3 hours late (95% range 1.25%–1.32%), measured at the UK airport. Source: UK CAA.

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Data: CAA punctuality statistics, calendar year 2025 (published 25 February 2026) · calculated 3 November 2026 · Methodology and sources

1.3%3+ hours late or cancelled

393,836scheduled flights 2025

By UK airport

UK airport	Scheduled flights	3h+ late or cancelled	95% range	Cancelled
London Gatwick	122,767	1.2%	1.18%–1.30%	918
London Luton	44,701	0.9%	0.80%–0.97%	213
Manchester	41,058	2.0%	1.86%–2.13%	498
Bristol	38,296	1.1%	1.02%–1.23%	245
Belfast International	32,518	1.1%	1.02%–1.24%	209
Edinburgh	30,485	1.3%	1.19%–1.45%	271
Glasgow	19,585	1.1%	0.92%–1.20%	144
Liverpool	15,623	1.6%	1.39%–1.78%	174
Birmingham	14,480	1.6%	1.4%–1.8%	158
London Stansted	7,015	1.3%	1.0%–1.6%	58
Jersey	5,223	0.8%	0.6%–1.1%	20
Belfast City	4,800	0.8%	0.6%–1.1%	18
London Southend	4,686	0.6%	0.4%–0.9%	10
Newcastle	4,676	1.3%	1.0%–1.7%	38
Isle of Man	2,832	2.9%	2.3%–3.6%	52
Aberdeen	2,025	1.8%	1.3%–2.5%	19
Southampton	1,927	2.7%	2.1%–3.5%	32
Leeds Bradford	909	3.1%	2.1%–4.4%	15
Bournemouth	214	0.5%	0.1%–2.6%	1

UK airports with at least 200 scheduled flights of this airline in 2025; linked airports (500+ flights) have a page with this airline's destinations and a comparison with the other airlines there.

In 2025 easyJet operated more scheduled flights at UK airports than any other airline, 393,836, and 1.3% of them were 3+ hours late or cancelled. That is slightly better than the average across the country's 25 airports (1.6%), which works out at roughly one such flight in every seventy-odd. Compensation for such a flight is possible but not guaranteed: under UK261 it applies only when the delay at your destination exceeds 3 hours, or when the cancellation was announced late and the airline itself is to blame. This site shows how often that happened over the year, based on punctuality statistics from the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA); for the status of a specific flight today, ask the airline and the airport.

easyJet's three operators and why their figures differ

In the CAA statistics the brand covers three operators, meaning three companies with separate certificates. The bulk of the traffic is flown by easyJet UK: 374,152 flights, 1.1% cancelled or 3+ hours late, 2,314 cancellations. easyJet Europe has 17,482 flights and 4.6% (695 cancellations), easyJet Switzerland 2,202 flights and 4.2% (84 cancellations). The rate at the two European operators is four times higher than at the British one; the CAA does not explain why. For you as a passenger, two conclusions follow. Your chances of disruption depend on which operator runs the flight, and that is stated in your booking. The operator also determines which law applies to a flight from an EU airport: EU261 (€250 / €400 / €600) if the operator is an EU carrier, or UK261 if it is a UK carrier; the footnote on the page explains which law applies to which operator.

Among airports, the largest base is London Gatwick: 122,767 easyJet flights, 1.2%, 918 cancellations. At Manchester the airline stands at 2.0% across 41,058 flights and 498 cancellations, worse than the airport's own average (1.8%). There are separate pages for Edinburgh, Glasgow, Bristol, Birmingham, Belfast International and other bases.

When easyJet owes you compensation for a cancellation or delay

The 1.3% figure is an upper estimate of cases where compensation may be due. The CAA counts lateness at a UK airport, on departure or arrival, while the law looks at arrival at your destination, and outbound and return journeys are mixed together in the figure. Bad weather, air traffic control decisions, third-party strikes and security threats count as extraordinary circumstances, and a cancellation announced 14 days or more in advance carries no compensation. Under the CAA rules the amounts depend on distance:

up to 1,500 km: £220;
1,500–3,500 km: £350;
over 3,500 km: £260 for a delay of 3–4 hours, £520 for a delay of more than 4 hours.

For a cancellation you choose between a refund and rebooking onto another flight. You submit a claim to easyJet first; if the airline refuses or fails to respond, the next step is alternative dispute resolution (ADR) or the CAA.

By operating company

Operator (as listed by the CAA)	Scheduled flights	3h+ late or cancelled	95% range	Cancelled
easyJet UK	374,152	1.1%	1.08%–1.15%	2,314
easyJet Europe	17,482	4.6%	4.3%–4.9%	695
easyJet Switzerland	2,202	4.2%	3.5%–5.1%	84

Caveats

This is an upper estimate of flights where compensation may be due. Weather, air traffic control, strikes by third parties and security problems are “extraordinary circumstances” and give no right to compensation; cancellations announced 14 days or more ahead do not either.
The CAA measures delay at the UK airport (departure or arrival). The legal test is the delay on arrival at the final destination.
Flights in both directions are combined. For flights from an EU airport, EU261 applies when the airline is an EU airline (€250 / €400 / €600), UK261 when it is a UK airline.
Shares differ between airlines partly because of where and when they fly: routes to islands and airports with frequent weather or air traffic control restrictions raise the share without the airline being at fault.