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These pages show punctuality and delay statistics for Monarch Airlines charter flights at UK reporting airports. Data is available for the current year to date and for previous years back to 2002. Simply select which year you are interested in below.

Please note that these pages analyse punctuality of Monarch Airlines charter flights only (flight code MON___). Monarch Scheduled flights (flight code ZB____) are analysed separately on this page.
  
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2008
Rolling Year to Date
  Monarch Charter Flights All UK Charter Flights
Jul '07 -
Jun '08
Jul '06 -
Jun '07
Jul '07 -
Jun '08
Jul '06 -
Jun '07
Average Delay (mins) 31.58 41.65 28.65 27.35
Within 15 mins (%) 58.57 55.67 63.41 66.19
1 hour+ late (%) 13.06 16.80 11.61 10.81
3 hours+ late (%) 3.14 4.74 2.76 2.62
Total Flights Analysed 9,523 9,422 115,652 124,858
The punctuality of Monarch Airlines charter flights improved significantly during the year to June 2008 compared with the same period the previous year, the average delay reducing by nearly a quarter from 42 minutes to 32 minutes and on-time performance increasing by three percentage points to 59%.

Despite the improvement, the punctuality profile for the airline over the year to date was slightly poorer than the UK charter flight average.
Summer 2008 Summer 2008
Note: A small number of flights to and from London Stansted (9) were not analysed.
Rank Airport Avg. Delay
(mins)
Within 15
mins (%)
1 hour+
late (%)
3 hours+
late (%)
Total Flights
analysed
1 Birmingham 15.65 74.85 6.43 0.00 171
2 Edinburgh 20.76 77.89 5.26 4.21 190
3 Glasgow 25.97 68.97 17.24 0.00 29
4 London Gatwick 38.82 52.84 13.40 5.60 1,179
5 Manchester 45.02 46.42 17.01 3.97 629
6 London Luton 50.00 31.82 22.73 4.55 22
7 Newcastle 66.76 27.27 39.39 9.09 33
ALL AIRPORTS > > >  37.62 54.46 13.72 4.57 2,253
Monarch charter flights were delayed by an average of 38 minutes during the first three months of the summer 2008 season, with 54% on-time performance recorded, the worst performance seen among UK charter airlines during the period.

Good punctuality was seen at Birmingham, with an average delay of less than 16 minutes seen and 75% on-time performance achieved.

Flights at Edinburgh also had good on-time performance at 78%, despite a slightly higher average delay.

Flights at London Gatwick, the largest base for Monarch charter flights, had close to average punctuality for the airline, while Manchester charter flights had poor timekeeping with an average delay of 45 minutes and 47% on-time performance, relegating Monarch to the bottom of the charter flight delay league table at the northwest airport during the period.

The small number of Monarch charter flights at London Luton and Newcastle also had poor timekeeping during the period.
Winter 2007 / 2008 Winter 2007 / 2008
Rank Airport Avg. Delay
(mins)
Within 15
mins (%)
1 hour+
late (%)
3 hours+
late (%)
Total Flights
analysed
1 Birmingham 10.51 78.14 4.05 0.00 247
2 Glasgow 33.88 35.29 20.59 0.00 34
3 Manchester 35.34 60.15 14.63 4.04 793
4 London Gatwick 37.07 50.06 17.78 4.02 1,592
5 London Stansted 45.40 28.57 23.81 2.38 42
6 London Luton 55.58 10.53 31.58 10.53 19
ALL AIRPORTS > > >  34.38 54.75 15.84 3.63 2,727
Monarch charter flights at Birmingham recorded good punctuality during the winter 2007 / 08 season with an average delay of 11 minutes and 78% on-time performance.

Other airports had much poorer timekeeping, in particular London Gatwick where a large proportion of Monarch charter flights operated during the season and only 50% on-time performance was achieved.
 
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