These pages show punctuality and delay statistics for Thomas Cook 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.
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During the 2006 summer season, Thomas Cook Airlines was runner-up UK charter airline for punctuality.
(See flightontime.info/summer2006 for the full breakdown)
At airport level over the same period, Thomas Cook was the most punctual UK charter airline at London Luton, and was runner-up UK charter airline for punctuality at London Gatwick, Birmingham and Newcastle.
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Thomas Cook Charter Flights
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All UK Charter Flights
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Jan '06 -
Dec '06
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Jan '05 -
Dec '05
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Jan '06 -
Dec '06
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Jan '05 -
Dec '05
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| Average Delay (mins)
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22.32
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28.05
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27.22
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27.48
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| Within 15 mins (%)
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69.74
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70.45
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66.77
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67.15
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| 1 hour+ late (%)
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9.08
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11.10
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10.63
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10.79
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| 3 hours+ late (%)
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2.01
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3.45
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2.70
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2.78
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| Total Flights Analysed
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20,293
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20,595
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127,170
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129,035
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The punctuality of Thomas Cook charter flights imrpoved during 2006 compared with the previous year, the average delay dropping by 5 minutes to 22 minutes. However, on-time performance for the carrier remained static at 70%.
Thomas Cook charter flights had a better puncuality profile during 2006 compared with the UK average.
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Note: A small number of flights to and from London Luton (16) were not analysed.
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Airport
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Avg. Delay
(mins)
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Within 15
mins (%)
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1 hour+
late (%)
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late (%)
| Total Flights
analysed
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Birmingham
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11.38
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81.84
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3.97
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0.90
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1,663
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London Luton
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13.12
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71.93
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5.26
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0.00
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57
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London Stansted
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13.95
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77.03
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6.22
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0.41
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740
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Newcastle
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16.06
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75.97
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6.11
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1.45
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1,719
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London Gatwick
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23.11
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67.37
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9.35
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2.02
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4,597
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Manchester
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24.39
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70.05
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10.50
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2.73
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4,942
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Glasgow
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29.44
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60.51
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11.71
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2.12
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1,793
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| ALL AIRPORTS > > >
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21.74
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70.41
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8.89
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1.99
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15,511
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Thomas Cook Airlines achieved runner-up position for punctuality during the summer 2006 season with the second lowest average delay of all UK charter airlines.
The best Thomas Cook charter punctuality over the season was seen at Birmingham, London Luton, London Stansted and Newcastle, with average delays of 11 to 16 minutes.
Poorer performance was seen at other airports, particularly Glasgow where an average delay of 29 minutes was recorded and only 61% of flights operated on time.
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Note: A small number of flights to and from London Luton (2) were not analysed
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Airport
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Avg. Delay
(mins)
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Within 15
mins (%)
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1 hour+
late (%)
| 3 hours+
late (%)
| Total Flights
analysed
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London Stansted
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8.85
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88.80
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2.40
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0.80
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125
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Newcastle
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11.06
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83.83
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3.63
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0.99
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303
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Birmingham
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11.42
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83.58
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3.43
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0.49
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408
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Glasgow
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18.76
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77.24
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5.97
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0.75
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536
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Manchester
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21.35
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69.68
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10.03
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1.88
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1,705
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London Gatwick
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23.75
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62.98
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9.61
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1.52
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1,707
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| ALL AIRPORTS > > >
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20.09
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70.71
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8.26
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1.42
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4,784
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The average Thomas Cook charter flight was delayed by 20 minutes during the winter 2005 / 2006 season, an improvement for the carrier when compared to the same period the previous year.
Flights at London Stansted, Newcastle and Birmingham all achieved very good timekeeping, with on-time performance of over 80% in all cases, while services at Glasgow, Manchester and London Gatwick suffered longer delays, particularly the latter where nearly 40% of flights were over 15 minutes late during the season.
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