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 '10 -
Oct '11 | Nov '09 -
Oct '10 | Nov '10 -
Oct '11 | Nov '09 -
Oct '10 |
| Average Delay (mins) | 22.73 | 34.12 | 23.58 | 29.92 |
| Within 15 mins (%) | 73.59 | 63.65 | 72.28 | 64.45 |
| 1 hour+ late (%) | 9.67 | 15.67 | 9.30 | 12.78 |
| 3 hours+ late (%) | 2.35 | 4.25 | 2.46 | 3.25 |
| Total Flights Analysed | 27,015 | 27,127 | 78,732 | 83,364 |
Thomas Cook charter flights had much shorter delays on average during the rolling year to date compared with the same period the previous year, with the average delay reducing significantly from 34 minutes to 23 minutes and on-time performance increasing from 64% to 74%.
Thomas Cook charter punctuality was better than the UK average in all categories during the last 12 months, with the exception of the proportion of delays in excess of 1 hour which was slightly above the UK average.
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Note: A small number of flights at London Luton (13) 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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| 1 | Stansted | 11.49 | 85.44 | 6.04 | 0.71 | 845 |
| 2 | Birmingham | 13.49 | 84.19 | 6.29 | 1.27 | 2,290 |
| 3 | Gatwick | 17.60 | 78.52 | 8.09 | 1.80 | 5,378 |
| 4 | Newcastle | 18.63 | 76.53 | 6.74 | 1.78 | 2,360 |
| 5 | Edinburgh | 20.21 | 69.81 | 12.26 | 0.94 | 106 |
| 6 | Manchester | 21.83 | 72.56 | 9.81 | 2.13 | 6,990 |
| 7 | Glasgow | 26.21 | 67.96 | 11.77 | 2.46 | 3,246 |
| ALL AIRPORTS > > > | 19.75 | 75.56 | 8.81 | 1.90 | 21,215 |
Thomas Cook charter flights recorded an average delay of just under 20 minutes with 76% on-time performance at UK reporting airports during the summer 2011 season.
Flights at London Stansted and Birmingham had particularly good timekeeping with average delays of around 12 to 14 minutes and 85% on-time performance achieved.
There was better than average punctuality for the airline at London Gatwick and Newcastle, and close to average punctuality demonstrated at Edinburgh and Manchester airports.
Thomas Cook flights at Glasgow airport suffered the longest delays during the season with the average flight operating 26 minutes late, 68% on-time performance and around 1 in 8 flights operating over an hour late.
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Note: A small number of flights at Edinburgh (5) and 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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| 1 | Birmingham | 18.90 | 76.36 | 7.93 | 1.87 | 643 |
| 2 | London Stansted | 24.13 | 64.48 | 9.84 | 1.64 | 183 |
| 3 | Newcastle | 29.53 | 75.00 | 9.83 | 2.81 | 356 |
| 4 | Manchester | 33.76 | 64.42 | 13.46 | 4.13 | 2,206 |
| 5 | Glasgow | 34.11 | 63.69 | 12.65 | 3.13 | 672 |
| 6 | London Gatwick | 40.63 | 64.94 | 14.65 | 5.41 | 1,720 |
| ALL AIRPORTS > > > | 33.63 | 66.47 | 12.77 | 3.98 | 5,780 |
Thomas Cook Airlines was the most punctual UK charter airline during the winter 2010 / 11 season, with an average delay of 34 minutes and 66% on-time performance recorded.
Flights at Birmingham had the best punctuality for the airline, with over 76% on-time performance, followed by London Stansted and Newcastle where average delays of 24 to 29 minutes were seen.
The majority of Thomas Cook flights were at Manchester and London Gatwick during the season. Punctuality was better at Manchester with average delays of 34 minutes, compared with 41 minutes at London Gatwick. Flights at Glasgow recorded the poorest on-time performance for the airline during the season, at under 64%.
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