Leeds Bradford flight delay and cancellation compensation

What is a Leeds Bradford flight delay or cancellation worth?

Leeds Bradford flight delay compensation is a fixed UK261 sum of £220, £350 or £520 per passenger, set by distance. You qualify when you land three or more hours late at your final destination. Every departure from Leeds Bradford falls under UK261, whoever flies it, and the fare makes no difference.

Leeds Bradford sits high and exposed on the Pennines, which makes it sensitive to the weather.

Which law covers flights in and out of Leeds Bradford?

Every flight out of Leeds Bradford is a UK departure, so UK261 covers it whatever the airline's nationality. A Spanish or Irish airline taking off here counts just as a British one does.

UK261 reaches a flight into Leeds Bradford only when a UK, EU or EEA airline flies it. For this airport's traffic that is nearly always the case.

Distance fixes the sum, never the fare:

Flight distance	UK261: leaving Leeds Bradford	EU261: the flight home from the EU
Up to 1,500 km	£220	€250
1,500 to 3,500 km	£350	€400
Over 3,500 km	£520	€600

Note the split on a European route. The outbound from here is a UK261 flight, paid in pounds. The flight home is an EU261 departure, paid in euros.

Is a short-haul Leeds Bradford flight worth claiming on?

Yes. The figure is the same whatever you paid, and on the routes this airport flies it is usually well above the fare.

The airline owes it per passenger too. A family of four on a delayed holiday flight collects £880 between them at the lowest band.

What delays flights at Leeds Bradford, and does weather end a claim?

Low-cost flying runs on tight turnarounds, so a delay early in an aircraft's day often lasts to its last rotation. A late inbound aircraft is a familiar cause of a late departure.

Wind, low cloud and winter de-icing all feature, and European flow limits on busy weekends do the rest. Weather can be an extraordinary circumstance, but the airline has to prove it for your flight.

Technical faults, crews running out of hours and commercial cancellations of thin flights are the airline's own doing, so the money still stands.

How do you claim Leeds Bradford flight delay compensation?

Start with the flight itself. Our free flight check reads the recorded departure and arrival times for your flight from Leeds Bradford and tells you which band it falls in.

Your Leeds Bradford compensation claim turns on two things: the arrival time, and the reason the airline gives.

For a late arrival, read the flight delay compensation guide. For a flight that never flew, read the cancellation compensation guide. It covers Leeds Bradford cancellation compensation too. Has the airline said no? The case law summary sets out what the courts make of the usual excuses.