British Airways
3h late
LHRLondon
FCORome
- Flight
- BA562
- Date
- 4 October 2026
- Departure
- 21:00 UTC
- Arrival
- 23:59 UTC
- Compensation
- £220 per passenger
Delayed flight
BA562 landed 3h late on 4 October 2026
BA562 LHR–FCO arrived 3h late on 4 October 2026. UK 261 compensation for this distance is £220 per passenger.
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- Checked against official flight records
The short answer
Was BA562 delayed long enough for UK 261 compensation?
British Airways flight BA562 from London – Heathrow Airport to Rome Fiumicino arrived 3h late on 4 October 2026. That is past the three-hour mark in UK Regulation 261/2004. The route is 1,444 km. The statutory amount for this distance is £220 per passenger when the airline is responsible.
Delay check
How BA562’s delay measures up
EU 261 counts the delay at the arrival gate, when the doors open, not at take-off or touchdown.
3hArrival 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
- BA562
- Airline
- British Airways
- Date
- 4 October 2026
- Route
- LHR → FCO
- From
- London – Heathrow Airport (LHR)
- Scheduled departure
- 21:00 UTC
- Actual arrival
- 23:59 UTC
- Distance
- 1,444 km
- British Airways on this route
- 11 disruptions, 9 cancellations since 8 September 2026
Distance band
What this route is worth
LHR–FCO is 1,444 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 kmThis flight
£220
1,500–3,500 km
£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 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 LHR → FCO
- BA554LHR → FCOLondon – Rome · British Airways · 4 October 2026CancelledCheck
- BA550LHR → FCOLondon – Rome · British Airways · 10 September 20263h 31m late£220
- BA546LHR → FCOLondon – Rome · British Airways · 9 September 2026CancelledCheck
- BA552LHR → FCOLondon – Rome · British Airways · 9 September 2026CancelledCheck
- BA548LHR → FCOLondon – Rome · British Airways · 9 September 2026CancelledCheck
- BA564LHR → FCOLondon – Rome · British Airways · 9 September 2026CancelledCheck
Same airline
Other British Airways disruptions
- BA633ATH → LHRAthens – London · 4 October 2026CancelledCheck
- BA632LHR → ATHLondon – Athens · 4 October 2026CancelledCheck
- BA563FCO → LHRRome – London · 4 October 20263h 15m late€250
- BA555FCO → LHRRome – London · 4 October 2026CancelledCheck
- BA554LHR → FCOLondon – Rome · 4 October 2026CancelledCheck
- BA509LIS → LHRLisbon – London · 4 October 20263h 52m late€400
Same airport
Other departures from London – Heathrow Airport
- BA764LHR → BSLLondon – Basel/Mulhouse · British Airways · 4 October 2026CancelledCheck
- BA706LHR → LCALondon – Larnaca · British Airways · 4 October 2026CancelledCheck
- BA632LHR → ATHLondon – Athens · British Airways · 4 October 2026CancelledCheck
- BA554LHR → FCOLondon – Rome · British Airways · 4 October 2026CancelledCheck
- BA506LHR → LISLondon – Lisbon · British Airways · 4 October 2026CancelledCheck
- BA480LHR → BCNLondon – Barcelona · British Airways · 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.