British Airways
3h 25m late
LGWLondon
CTACatania
- Flight
- BA2612
- Date
- 5 October 2026
- Departure
- 12:35 UTC
- Arrival
- 19:19 UTC
- Compensation
- £350 per passenger
Delayed flight
BA2612 landed 3h 25m late on 5 October 2026
BA2612 LGW–CTA arrived 3h 25m late on 5 October 2026. UK 261 compensation for this distance is £350 per passenger.
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The short answer
Was BA2612 delayed long enough for UK 261 compensation?
British Airways flight BA2612 from London Gatwick to Catania Fontanarossa arrived 3h 25m late on 5 October 2026. That is past the three-hour mark in UK Regulation 261/2004. The route is 1,938 km. The statutory amount for this distance is £350 per passenger when the airline is responsible.
Delay check
How BA2612’s delay measures up
EU 261 counts the delay at the arrival gate, when the doors open, not at take-off or touchdown.
3h 25mArrival delay at the gate
Past the 3-hour mark3h
0h6h
- 3h — where EU 261 compensation starts
Airlines can still refuse when the cause was outside their control, such as severe weather or air traffic control restrictions.
Flight record
What we recorded for this flight
Taken from live airport boards at the departure and arrival airports.
- Flight
- BA2612
- Airline
- British Airways
- Date
- 5 October 2026
- Route
- LGW → CTA
- Scheduled departure
- 12:35 UTC
- Actual arrival
- 19:19 UTC
- Distance
- 1,938 km
- British Airways on this route
- 8 disruptions, 7 cancellations since 8 September 2026
Distance band
What this route is worth
LGW–CTA is 1,938 km by great-circle distance. UK Regulation 261/2004 fixes the amount by distance, so the ticket price makes no difference.
Up to 1,500 km
£220
1,500–3,500 kmThis flight
£350
Over 3,500 km
£520
Arriving three to four hours late on a flight over 3,500 km halves the payment to £260.
Your rights
What you can claim for this delay
The rule
A delay of three hours or more at the destination is worth £220 to £520 per passenger, based on the distance flown.
This flight
We measured a 3h 25m arrival delay, which is past the three-hour threshold. The airline can still argue extraordinary circumstances.
How long you have
Claim windows run from one to six years depending on the country. Checking is free and takes about two minutes.
Same route
Other disruptions on LGW → CTA
- U28285LGW → CTALondon – Catania · easyJet · 28 September 2026CancelledCheck
- BA2610LGW → CTALondon – Catania · British Airways · 28 September 2026CancelledCheck
- U28287LGW → CTALondon – Catania · easyJet · 28 September 2026CancelledCheck
- BA2612LGW → CTALondon – Catania · British Airways · 28 September 2026CancelledCheck
- U28287LGW → CTALondon – Catania · easyJet · 27 September 2026CancelledCheck
- BA2612LGW → CTALondon – Catania · British Airways · 27 September 2026CancelledCheck
Same airline
Other British Airways disruptions
- BA2795AYT → LGWAntalya – London · 5 October 20263h 10m late£350
- BA2677MAH → LGWMenorca – London · 5 October 20265h 2m late€250
- BA2613CTA → LGWCatania – London · 5 October 20263h 2m late€400
- BA871BUD → LHRBudapest – London · 4 October 20263h 13m late€250
- BA865BUD → LHRBudapest – London · 4 October 2026CancelledCheck
- BA864LHR → BUDLondon – Budapest · 4 October 2026CancelledCheck
Same airport
Other departures from London Gatwick
- DE4244LGW → FRALondon – Frankfurt · Condor · 5 October 2026CancelledCheck
- BA2864LGW → GRZLondon – Graz · British Airways · 5 October 2026CancelledCheck
- BA2816LGW → ALGLondon – Algiers-Houari · British Airways · 5 October 2026CancelledCheck
- VY7833LGW → BCNLondon – Barcelona · Vueling · 4 October 2026CancelledCheck
- VY7829LGW → BCNLondon – Barcelona · Vueling · 4 October 2026CancelledCheck
- U28057LGW → BCNLondon – Barcelona · easyJet · 4 October 2026CancelledCheck
Flight data comes from public airport boards and is provided for information only. It is not legal advice, and an airline may dispute liability where the disruption was outside its control.