Tunisair
3h 28m late
LGWLondon
TUNTunis
- Flight
- TU793
- Date
- 10 October 2026
- Departure
- 16:30 UTC
- Arrival
- 3h 28m late
- Compensation
- £350 per passenger
Delayed flight
TU793 landed 3h 28m late on 10 October 2026
TU793 LGW–TUN arrived 3h 28m late on 10 October 2026. UK 261 compensation for this distance is £350 per passenger.
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The short answer
Was TU793 delayed long enough for UK 261 compensation?
Tunisair flight TU793 from London Gatwick to Tunis – Carthage International Airport arrived 3h 28m late on 10 October 2026. That is past the three-hour mark in UK Regulation 261/2004. The route is 1,791 km. The statutory amount for this distance is £350 per passenger when the airline is responsible.
Delay check
How TU793’s delay measures up
EU 261 counts the delay at the arrival gate, when the doors open, not at take-off or touchdown.
3h 28mArrival 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
- TU793
- Airline
- Tunisair
- Date
- 10 October 2026
- Route
- LGW → TUN
- To
- Tunis – Carthage International Airport (TUN)
- Scheduled departure
- 16:30 UTC
- Actual arrival
- 3h 28m late
- Distance
- 1,791 km
- Tunisair on this route
- 2 disruptions since 25 September 2026
Distance band
What this route is worth
LGW–TUN is 1,791 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 28m 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
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- TU635ORY → DJEParis – Djerba · 8 October 2026CancelledCheck
- TU2655CDG → DJEParis – Djerba · 8 October 20266h 54m late€400
Same airport
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- U28393LGW → TLSLondon – Toulouse · easyJet · 9 October 2026CancelledCheck
- U28341LGW → NAPLondon – Naples · easyJet · 9 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.