These pages show punctuality and delay statistics for XL Airways (previously Excel Airways) 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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XL Charter Flights
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All UK Charter Flights
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Jan '02 -
Dec '02
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Jan '01 -
Dec '01
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Jan '02 -
Dec '02
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Jan '01 -
Dec '01
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| Average Delay (mins)
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16.49
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22.28
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22.88
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33.68
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| Within 15 mins (%)
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78.67
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70.81
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68.60
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58.50
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| 1 hour+ late (%)
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6.43
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9.32
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9.54
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14.46
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| 3 hours+ late (%)
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1.65
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2.05
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2.02
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3.42
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| Total Flights Analysed
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7,638
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5,451
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144,872
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145,631
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The punctuality of XL Airways charter flights improved during 2002 compared with 2001, the average delay reducing by over 25% from 22 minutes to 16 minutes and on-time performance increasing by eight percentage points to 79%.
XL charter punctuality was better than the UK average in 2002.
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Note: A small number of flights to and from London Stansted (4), Edinburgh (1) and London Luton (1) 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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Glasgow
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9.82
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87.45
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4.00
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0.91
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550
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Manchester
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13.84
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81.20
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6.54
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1.29
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1,468
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London Gatwick
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17.27
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78.19
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6.17
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1.86
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4,245
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Birmingham
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19.62
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78.16
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6.90
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4.60
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87
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Newcastle
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36.02
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57.89
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14.74
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3.16
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95
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| ALL AIRPORTS > > >
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16.16
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79.36
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6.21
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1.71
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6,445
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XL Airways charter flights at Glasgow and Manchester had good punctuality during the 2002 summer season, followed by London Gatwick and Newcastle which had close to average punctuality for the carrier.
Flights at Newcastle had a less punctual record, the average flight delayed by 36 minutes during the season.
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Note: A small number of flights to and from Glasgow (6), London Luton (2) and Newcastle (1) 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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London Stansted
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9.72
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86.11
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2.78
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0.00
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36
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| 2
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London Gatwick
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14.57
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78.32
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6.41
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0.92
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655
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| 3
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Manchester
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18.45
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69.88
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7.72
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1.16
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259
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Birmingham
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45.62
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30.77
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15.38
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7.69
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13
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| ALL AIRPORTS > > >
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15.85
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75.70
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6.75
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1.04
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963
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XL charter flights at London Stansted and London Gatwick had good punctuality during the winter 2001 / 2002 season. Flights at Manchester followed with relatively good timekeeping, with only a small number of flights at Birmingham during the season demonstrating poor timekeeping.
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