London to Paris flight delay compensation
London to Paris is 347 km, which puts it in a band worth £220 under UK261 — against €250 under EU261. Two laws reach this route and they do not pay the same; claim under the one worth more.
Check your own LHR–CDG flight →What each law pays on this route
Both figures are per passenger and are set by distance alone. Where two laws reach the same flight you claim once, under whichever pays more — you do not collect both.
UK261 is £220, and EU261 is €250 — about 2% more for the same flight. Converted at a common rate, so you can see the gap rather than take our word for which is larger. You claim once, under one of them.
The distance, and why it decides the amount
LHR → CDG is 347 km, measured as the great-circle distance between the two airports. That is the measure the statutes use — not the miles actually flown, and not the routing. A diversion or a longer flight path does not move you into a higher band.
The thresholds that matter here: EU261 and UK261 step at 1,500 km and 3,500 km; the Israeli Aviation Services Law steps at 2,000 km and 4,500 km. Those different steps are why the same flight can be worth more under one law than the other.
Under EU261 and UK261 the next step up is at 1,500 km — this route is 1,153 km short of it. Under the Israeli Aviation Services Law the next step up is at 2,000 km — this route is 1,653 km short of it.
This also answers a question people ask after a diversion: a longer flown path does not move you up a band, because the measure is the straight-line distance between the two airports and it does not change.
When it applies
Three hours or more late at arrival, a cancellation you were told about less than fourteen days ahead, or being denied boarding against your will. Under the Israeli law the delay threshold is eight hours rather than three, which is why a moderate delay often pays under EU261 while a long one pays more under the Israeli law.
Airline guides for this route
Carriers based at either end — each guide has that airline's own claim form and the refusals it tends to send back.