🇮🇳 Flight delays in India

18 graded routes · 0 airports · March 2025 – August 2026

Where these figures come from

India’s own regulator does not publish punctuality data

These figures come from the UK Civil Aviation Authority, which reports every flight at its own end of the route — whichever airline operates it. So this is not a picture of all air travel in India — domestic flights within India, and its routes to countries that publish nothing, are absent.

What the record shows

On India routes the airlines separate clearly: Virgin Atlantic arrived on time 35.1 points more often than Air India. Both fly the same corridors into the same airports, so the difference is in how each is run rather than where each flies.

Because these flights are counted at the other end of the route, the picture is partial by construction. Domestic flying inside India does not appear, and neither do its routes to countries that publish nothing. What is here is accurate; it is simply not everything.

Airlines flying to and from India

Ranked by flights on India routes. The on-time rate here is each airline's record on those routes only — not its record everywhere, which is on its own page.

Airline	Flights	On time on these routes
Air India	8,172	45.2%
British Airways	6,699	76.5%
Virgin Atlantic	5,015	80.3%
Air Canada	239	72.4%

Busiest India routes

LHR → DEL London to New Delhi (GB–IN) 3,758 flights · 56.47% on time F DEL → LHR New Delhi to London (IN–GB) 3,750 flights · 61.63% on time F LHR → BOM London to Mumbai (GB–IN) 3,406 flights · 66.83% on time D BOM → LHR Mumbai to London (IN–GB) 3,405 flights · 69.53% on time D LHR → BLR London to Bengaluru (GB–IN) 1,519 flights · 68.12% on time D BLR → LHR Bengaluru to London (IN–GB) 1,516 flights · 77.63% on time C LHR → MAA London to Chennai (GB–IN) 480 flights · 73.74% on time C MAA → LHR Chennai to London (IN–GB) 480 flights · 82.74% on time B LGW → AMD London to Ahmedabad (GB–IN) 221 flights · 60.85% on time F BHX → ATQ Birmingham to Amritsar (GB–IN) 219 flights · 36.76% on time F AMD → LGW Ahmedabad to London (IN–GB) 217 flights · 72.99% on time D ATQ → BHX Amritsar to Birmingham (IN–GB) 216 flights · 52.24% on time F BHX → DEL Birmingham to New Delhi (GB–IN) 198 flights · 44.39% on time F DEL → BHX New Delhi to Birmingham (IN–GB) 192 flights · 38.95% on time F LGW → ATQ London to Amritsar (GB–IN) 168 flights · 57.05% on time F ATQ → LGW Amritsar to London (IN–GB) 168 flights · 52.9% on time F GOI → LGW Vasco da Gama to London (IN–GB) 103 flights · 72.73% on time D LGW → GOI London to Vasco da Gama (GB–IN) 102 flights · 72.34% on time F

Common questions

Which airline is most punctual on India routes?

Virgin Atlantic, at 80.3% on time across 5,015 flights on those routes. The least punctual was Air India at 45.2%.

Does India publish flight delay data?

No. India publishes no punctuality data of its own. The figures here come from the UK Civil Aviation Authority, which reports every flight at its own end of the route — so domestic flying inside India is not covered.

Can I claim compensation for a delayed flight from India?

There is no statutory compensation scheme for flights departing India. A cancellation normally entitles you to a refund under the airline's own conditions of carriage, and European rules may still reach your flight if the journey ends in the EU or UK on a European carrier.