🇸🇦 Flight delays in Saudi Arabia

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

Where these figures come from

Saudi Arabia’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 Saudi Arabia — domestic flights within Saudi Arabia, and its routes to countries that publish nothing, are absent.

What the record shows

On Saudi Arabia routes the airlines separate clearly: Virgin Atlantic arrived on time 28.6 points more often than Wizz Air UK. 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 Saudi Arabia 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 Saudi Arabia

Ranked by flights on Saudi Arabia 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
British Airways	1,817	77.4%
Wizz Air UK	792	56.1%
Virgin Atlantic	394	84.7%

Busiest Saudi Arabia routes

LHR → RUH London to Riyadh (GB–SA) 860 flights · 74.1% on time D RUH → LHR Riyadh to London (SA–GB) 857 flights · 81.12% on time D JED → LGW Jeddah to London (SA–GB) 397 flights · 56.22% on time F LGW → JED London to Jeddah (GB–SA) 395 flights · 55.96% on time F JED → LHR Jeddah to London (SA–GB) 257 flights · 88.26% on time B LHR → JED London to Jeddah (GB–SA) 256 flights · 76.42% on time D

Common questions

Which airline is most punctual on Saudi Arabia routes?

Virgin Atlantic, at 84.7% on time across 394 flights on those routes. The least punctual was Wizz Air UK at 56.1%.

Does Saudi Arabia publish flight delay data?

No. Saudi Arabia 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 Saudi Arabia is not covered.

Can I claim compensation for a delayed flight from Saudi Arabia?

There is no statutory compensation scheme for flights departing Saudi Arabia. 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.