Manchester to Tenerife flight delays: your compensation

Name: Manchester–Tenerife flight punctuality 2025
Creator: UK Civil Aviation Authority

In short: The route is 3,048 km long, so a 3-hour-plus delay or a late cancellation is worth £350 per passenger from Manchester (UK261) and €400 from Tenerife (EU261). In 2025, 0.71% of flights on the route were at least 3 hours late and 0.33% were cancelled.

How punctual is the route?

Flights operated: 4,886
On time (≤ 15 min late): 68.5%
3 hours or more late: 0.71%
Cancelled: 0.33%
Average delay: 18.1 min

Source: UK Civil Aviation Authority punctuality statistics 2025 – departures and arrivals combined, measured against the schedule at the UK airport. How we use this data

Of the airlines with at least 200 flights on the route, Ryanair had the lowest share of 3-hour-plus delays (0.38%) and TUI Airways the highest (1.35%). A single bad day can move these figures, so read them as a guide, not a forecast.

Airlines on this route

Airline	Flights	On time	3 h+ late	Cancelled	Avg delay
Jet2	1,786	65.6%	0.84%	0.06%	20 min
Ryanair	1,300	80.5%	0.38%	0.23%	11 min
easyJet	1,131	67.3%	0.52%	1.05%	17 min
TUI Airways	668	55.2%	1.35%	0.00%	29 min

What you can claim

Direction	Rules	3 h+ delay or late cancellation
Manchester → Tenerife	UK261 – departure from a UK airport, any airline	£350
Tenerife → Manchester	EU261 – departure from an EU airport, any airline	€400

Compensation is fixed by distance, not by the ticket price, and is paid per passenger, children included. It is not due if the airline proves extraordinary circumstances. Whatever the cause, from 2 hours’ delay you are entitled to care (meals, drinks, a hotel if needed) and, after a cancellation, to a refund or re-routing.

More routes

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London Gatwick → Tenerife3,964 flights
London Stansted → Tenerife2,876 flights
Birmingham → Tenerife2,428 flights
Bristol → Tenerife2,317 flights
Edinburgh → Tenerife2,045 flights
East Midlands → Tenerife1,877 flights
Liverpool John Lennon → Tenerife1,870 flights
Newcastle → Tenerife1,638 flights

Airport guides: Manchester Airport

Frequently asked questions

How much compensation for a delayed Manchester to Tenerife flight?

The great-circle distance is 3,048 km (1,894 miles). On the flight from Manchester UK261 applies: £350 per passenger for an arrival delay of 3 hours or more. On the return flight from Tenerife EU261 applies: €400.

How often are flights between Manchester and Tenerife delayed or cancelled?

In 2025 the CAA recorded 4,886 flights on this route (both directions, measured at Manchester). 68.5% were on time or less than 15 minutes late, 0.71% were 3 hours or more late (about 1 in 141), and 0.33% were cancelled. The average delay was 18.1 minutes.

Does the airline have to pay if the delay was caused by weather or a strike?

Not if the airline proves extraordinary circumstances – for example severe weather or an air traffic control strike – and that it took all reasonable measures. Technical faults and strikes by the airline’s own staff do not normally count. What counts as extraordinary.

Sources

UK flight punctuality statistics 2025 – UK Civil Aviation Authority
The Air Passenger Rights and Air Travel Organisers’ Licensing (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 – legislation.gov.uk
Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 – EUR-Lex

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Manchester to Tenerife: flight delays and compensation