🇨🇭 Flight delays in Switzerland

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

Where these figures come from

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

What the record shows

On Switzerland routes the airlines separate clearly: British Airways arrived on time 12.3 points more often than Swiss International Air Lines. 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 Switzerland 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 Switzerland

Ranked by flights on Switzerland 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
Swiss International Air Lines	19,594	66.8%
easyJet	19,025	69%
British Airways	11,763	79.1%
BA CityFlyer	2,593	71.6%
easyJet Switzerland	2,220	69.4%
Jet2	1,402	72.4%
BA Euroflyer	934	74.6%

Busiest Switzerland routes

GVA → LHR Geneva to London (CH–GB) 5,978 flights · 78.53% on time C LHR → GVA London to Geneva (GB–CH) 5,977 flights · 75.32% on time C ZRH → LHR Zurich to London (CH–GB) 5,681 flights · 77.26% on time C LHR → ZRH London to Zurich (GB–CH) 5,674 flights · 70.64% on time D GVA → LGW Geneva to London (CH–GB) 3,277 flights · 70.84% on time D LGW → GVA London to Geneva (GB–CH) 3,262 flights · 66.93% on time D LCY → ZRH London to Zurich (GB–CH) 2,703 flights · 55.07% on time F ZRH → LCY Zurich to London (CH–GB) 2,684 flights · 76.09% on time C GVA → MAN Geneva to Manchester (CH–GB) 1,481 flights · 52.62% on time F MAN → GVA Manchester to Geneva (GB–CH) 1,476 flights · 69.97% on time D ZRH → LGW Zurich to London (CH–GB) 1,465 flights · 68.09% on time D GVA → LTN Geneva to Luton (CH–GB) 1,457 flights · 64.58% on time D LGW → ZRH London to Zurich (GB–CH) 1,456 flights · 69.85% on time D LTN → GVA Luton to Geneva (GB–CH) 1,455 flights · 75.67% on time C MAN → ZRH Manchester to Zurich (GB–CH) 1,422 flights · 51.42% on time F ZRH → MAN Zurich to Manchester (CH–GB) 1,422 flights · 63.72% on time D BRS → GVA Bristol to Geneva (GB–CH) 1,014 flights · 82.99% on time B GVA → BRS Geneva to Bristol (CH–GB) 1,013 flights · 68.35% on time D EDI → GVA Ingliston to Geneva (GB–CH) 1,004 flights · 73.97% on time C GVA → EDI Geneva to Ingliston (CH–GB) 1,002 flights · 64.09% on time D BHX → ZRH Birmingham to Zurich (GB–CH) 575 flights · 47.52% on time F ZRH → BHX Zurich to Birmingham (CH–GB) 572 flights · 60.42% on time F GVA → BHX Geneva to Birmingham (CH–GB) 545 flights · 69.98% on time D BHX → GVA Birmingham to Geneva (GB–CH) 544 flights · 63.77% on time D ZRH → LTN Zurich to Luton (CH–GB) 349 flights · 55.78% on time F LTN → ZRH Luton to Zurich (GB–CH) 347 flights · 72.83% on time C GVA → LPL Geneva to Liverpool (CH–GB) 312 flights · 79.29% on time C LPL → GVA Liverpool to Geneva (GB–CH) 311 flights · 88.67% on time A LCY → GVA London to Geneva (GB–CH) 211 flights · 73.33% on time C GVA → LCY Geneva to London (CH–GB) 210 flights · 73.68% on time C LBA → GVA Leeds to Geneva (GB–CH) 182 flights · 87.91% on time A GVA → LBA Geneva to Leeds (CH–GB) 180 flights · 71.67% on time C GVA → STN Geneva to London (CH–GB) 179 flights · 66.48% on time D STN → GVA London to Geneva (GB–CH) 177 flights · 77.4% on time C ZRH → EDI Zurich to Ingliston (CH–GB) 172 flights · 51.46% on time F BFS → GVA Belfast to Geneva (GB–CH) 172 flights · 82.46% on time B

Common questions

Which airline is most punctual on Switzerland routes?

British Airways, at 79.1% on time across 11,763 flights on those routes. The least punctual was Swiss International Air Lines at 66.8%.

Does Switzerland publish flight delay data?

No. Switzerland 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 Switzerland is not covered.

Can I claim compensation for a delayed flight from Switzerland?

Yes. Switzerland is covered by EC 261, so a flight departing it — on any airline — can be worth roughly €250 to €600 after an arrival delay of three hours or more, unless the cause was an extraordinary circumstance such as severe weather.