SWISS
3h 5m late
BCNBarcelona
ZRHZürich
- Flight
- LX1953
- Date
- 5 October 2026
- Departure
- 07:40 UTC
- Arrival
- 3h 5m late
- Compensation
- €250 per passenger
Delayed flight
LX1953 landed 3h 5m late on 5 October 2026
LX1953 BCN–ZRH arrived 3h 5m late on 5 October 2026. EU 261 compensation for this distance is €250 per passenger.
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- No win, no fee
- Checked against official flight records
The short answer
Was LX1953 delayed long enough for EU 261 compensation?
Swiss flight LX1953 from Barcelona El Prat to Zürich Airport arrived 3h 5m late on 5 October 2026. That is past the three-hour mark in EU Regulation 261/2004. The route is 857 km. The statutory amount for this distance is €250 per passenger when the airline is responsible.
Delay check
How LX1953’s delay measures up
EU 261 counts the delay at the arrival gate, when the doors open, not at take-off or touchdown.
3h 5mArrival 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
- LX1953
- Airline
- Swiss
- Date
- 5 October 2026
- Route
- BCN → ZRH
- To
- Zürich Airport (ZRH)
- Scheduled departure
- 07:40 UTC
- Actual arrival
- 3h 5m late
- Distance
- 857 km
- Swiss on this route
- 4 disruptions, 3 cancellations since 17 September 2026
Distance band
What this route is worth
BCN–ZRH is 857 km by great-circle distance. EU Regulation 261/2004 fixes the amount by distance, so the ticket price makes no difference.
Up to 1,500 kmThis flight
€250
1,500–3,500 km
€400
Over 3,500 km
€600
Flights within the EU over 1,500 km are paid at €400, and arriving three to four hours late on a flight over 3,500 km halves the payment to €300.
Your rights
What you can claim for this delay
The rule
A delay of three hours or more at the destination is worth €250 to €600 per passenger, based on the distance flown.
This flight
We measured a 3h 5m 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 BCN → ZRH
- LX1951BCN → ZRHBarcelona – Zürich · Swiss · 4 October 2026CancelledCheck
- VY6248BCN → ZRHBarcelona – Zürich · Vueling · 3 October 2026CancelledCheck
- LX1957BCN → ZRHBarcelona – Zürich · Helvetic Airways · 3 October 2026CancelledCheck
- LX1953BCN → ZRHBarcelona – Zürich · airBaltic · 29 September 2026CancelledCheck
- LX1951BCN → ZRHBarcelona – Zürich · Swiss · 29 September 2026CancelledCheck
- LX1951BCN → ZRHBarcelona – Zürich · Swiss · 17 September 2026CancelledCheck
Same airline
Other Swiss disruptions
Same airport
Other departures from Barcelona El Prat
- VY2224BCN → SVQBarcelona – Seville · Vueling · 5 October 20265h 58m late€250
- RMB46BCN → IBZBarcelona – Ibiza · Air Adriatic · 5 October 20263h 38m late€250
- LY394BCN → TLVBarcelona – Tel Aviv · El Al · 5 October 20263h 1m late€400
- IB426BCN → MADBarcelona – Madrid · Iberia · 5 October 2026CancelledCheck
- EW521BCN → CGNBarcelona – Cologne · Eurowings · 5 October 20263h 21m late€250
- BA473BCN → LHRBarcelona – London · British Airways · 5 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.