easyJet
5h 17m late
BCNBarcelona
LGWLondon
- Flight
- U28062
- Date
- 8 October 2026
- Departure
- 18:30 UTC
- Arrival
- 02:12 UTC
- Compensation
- €250 per passenger
Delayed flight
U28062 landed 5h 17m late on 8 October 2026
U28062 BCN–LGW arrived 5h 17m late on 8 October 2026. EU 261 compensation for this distance is €250 per passenger.
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The short answer
Was U28062 delayed long enough for EU 261 compensation?
easyJet flight U28062 from Barcelona El Prat to London Gatwick arrived 5h 17m late on 8 October 2026. That is past the three-hour mark in EU Regulation 261/2004. The route is 1,109 km. The statutory amount for this distance is €250 per passenger when the airline is responsible.
Delay check
How U28062’s delay measures up
EU 261 counts the delay at the arrival gate, when the doors open, not at take-off or touchdown.
5h 17mArrival delay at the gate
Past the 3-hour mark3h
0h7h
- 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
- U28062
- Airline
- easyJet
- Date
- 8 October 2026
- Route
- BCN → LGW
- Scheduled departure
- 18:30 UTC
- Actual arrival
- 02:12 UTC
- Distance
- 1,109 km
- easyJet on this route
- 9 disruptions, 5 cancellations since 5 September 2026
Distance band
What this route is worth
BCN–LGW is 1,109 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 5h 17m 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 → LGW
- VY7826BCN → LGWBarcelona – London · Vueling · 5 October 2026CancelledCheck
- U28056BCN → LGWBarcelona – London · easyJet · 5 October 20264h 42m late€250
- VY7828BCN → LGWBarcelona – London · Vueling · 4 October 2026CancelledCheck
- VY7832BCN → LGWBarcelona – London · Vueling · 4 October 2026CancelledCheck
- U28058BCN → LGWBarcelona – London · easyJet · 4 October 2026CancelledCheck
- U28062BCN → LGWBarcelona – London · easyJet · 3 October 2026CancelledCheck
Same airline
Other easyJet disruptions
- U28314MXP → LGWMilan – London · 8 October 2026CancelledCheck
- U28313LGW → MXPLondon – Milan · 8 October 2026CancelledCheck
- U2831LGW → BFSLondon – Belfast · 8 October 2026CancelledCheck
- U28061LGW → BCNLondon – Barcelona · 8 October 20265h 6m late£220
- U27639LIS → ZRHLisbon – Zürich · 8 October 20267h 51m late€400
- U24644GLA → CDGGlasgow – Paris · 8 October 2026CancelledCheck
Same airport
Other departures from Barcelona El Prat
- W46020BCN → FCOBarcelona – Rome · Wizz Air · 8 October 2026CancelledCheck
- VL1811BCN → MUCBarcelona – Munich · Lufthansa City · 8 October 2026CancelledCheck
- UA770BCN → ORDBarcelona – Chicago · United Airlines · 8 October 2026CancelledCheck
- SN3706BCN → BRUBarcelona – Brussels · airBaltic · 8 October 2026CancelledCheck
- KL1520BCN → AMSBarcelona – Amsterdam · KLM · 8 October 20263h 24m late€250
- FR3070BCN → PMIBarcelona – Palma · Lauda Europe · 8 October 20263h 31m late€250
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.