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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| | Thomas Cook Charter Flights | All UK Charter Flights |
Nov '09 -
Oct '10 | Nov '08 -
Oct '09 | Nov '09 -
Oct '10 | Nov '08 -
Oct '09 |
| Average Delay (mins) | 34.12 | 20.74 | 29.92 | 20.45 |
| Within 15 mins (%) | 63.65 | 76.18 | 64.45 | 72.79 |
| 1 hour+ late (%) | 15.67 | 9.63 | 12.78 | 8.52 |
| 3 hours+ late (%) | 4.25 | 2.31 | 3.25 | 1.83 |
| Total Flights Analysed | 27,127 | 29,049 | 83,364 | 92,033 |
Thomas Cook charter flights suffered significantly longer delays during the rolling year to date compared with the same period the previous year, with the average delay increasing by over 60% from 21 minutes to 34 minutes and on-time performance falling by over 12 percentage points to 64%.
Thomas Cook charter punctuality was poorer than the UK average in all categories during the last 12 months.
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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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| 1 | Birmingham | 23.59 | 71.23 | 11.56 | 2.01 | 2,388 |
| 2 | Edinburgh | 23.60 | 63.64 | 9.09 | 3.64 | 55 |
| 3 | Stansted | 24.12 | 69.05 | 11.10 | 2.13 | 937 |
| 4 | Newcastle | 25.03 | 71.63 | 11.54 | 3.25 | 1,967 |
| 5 | Gatwick | 34.60 | 63.48 | 16.77 | 4.42 | 5,616 |
| 6 | Glasgow | 38.40 | 56.39 | 18.04 | 3.65 | 3,343 |
| 7 | Manchester | 41.95 | 57.56 | 19.46 | 5.78 | 6,732 |
| ALL AIRPORTS > > > | 34.92 | 62.35 | 16.48 | 4.24 | 21,038 |
Thomas Cook charter flights at Birmingham, Edinburgh, London Stansted and Newcastle airports had the best punctuality during the summer 2010 season, with average delays of around 25 minutes recorded.
London Gatwick followed with close to average punctuality for the airline at 35 minutes average delay and around 63% on-time performance.
The longest delays for the airline were recorded at Glasgow and Manchester, with on-time performance of only 57% to 58% recorded and around 1 in 5 flights delayed by over an our at these airports. At Manchester, the airline's largest base, a significant proportion of Thomas Cook flights were delayed by over three hours (1 in 17).
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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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| 1 | London Stansted | 15.82 | 78.10 | 7.44 | 1.24 | 242 |
| 2 | Birmingham | 16.35 | 77.85 | 6.40 | 1.87 | 641 |
| 3 | Newcastle | 18.07 | 76.68 | 6.22 | 1.81 | 386 |
| 4 | Glasgow | 24.32 | 72.15 | 8.77 | 1.85 | 650 |
| 5 | London Gatwick | 32.40 | 66.88 | 13.90 | 4.41 | 1,748 |
| 6 | Manchester | 40.16 | 63.13 | 16.53 | 6.21 | 2,414 |
| ALL AIRPORTS > > > | 31.36 | 68.18 | 12.86 | 4.29 | 6,081 |
Thomas Cook Airlines was the most punctual UK charter airline during the winter 2009 / 10 season, with an average delay of 31 minutes and 68% on-time performance recorded.
Flights at London Stansted, Birmingham and Newcastle had the best punctuality for the airline, with over 76% on-time performance.
The majority of Thomas Cook flights were at London Gatwick and Manchester during the season. Punctuality was better at London Gatwick with 67% on-time performance, compared with 63% at London Gatwick.
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