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 '03 -
Dec '03
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Jan '02 -
Dec '02
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Jan '03 -
Dec '03
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Jan '02 -
Dec '02
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| Average Delay (mins)
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15.23
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16.49
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20.21
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22.88
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| Within 15 mins (%)
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77.45
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78.67
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73.47
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68.60
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| 1 hour+ late (%)
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5.32
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6.43
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8.00
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9.54
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| 3 hours+ late (%)
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1.03
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1.65
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1.83
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2.02
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| Total Flights Analysed
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9,801
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7,638
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142,573
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144,872
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XL Airways charter flight punctuality showed improvement in all categories in 2003 compared with 2002, except on-time performance which actually declined slightly.
The average XL charter flight operated 15 minutes late during the year, significantly better than the UK charter average of 20 minutes.
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Note: A small number of flights to and from Edinburgh (10) 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 (%)
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late (%)
| Total Flights
analysed
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| 1
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Birmingham
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8.77
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88.95
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2.21
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0.55
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181
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London Stansted
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8.79
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85.48
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3.23
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0.00
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124
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London Gatwick
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11.90
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80.42
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4.34
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0.57
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4,724
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Manchester
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13.67
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80.42
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4.78
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1.05
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2,467
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Newcastle
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19.14
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63.02
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9.90
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0.52
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192
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| 6
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Glasgow
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28.35
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69.50
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7.70
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2.09
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623
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| ALL AIRPORTS > > >
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13.71
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79.46
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4.79
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0.82
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8,311
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XL Airways charter flights demonstrated excellent punctuality during the summer 2003 season, the average flight operating only 14 minutes behind schedule and nearly 80% of flights operating on-time.
Flights at Birmingham, London Stansted, London Gatwick and Manchester had particularly good timekeeping, with slightly poorer punctuality seen at Newcastle and Glasgow.
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Note: A small number of flights to and from Newcastle (5), Edinburgh (2), London Heathrow (2) 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
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Glasgow
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12.00
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71.43
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0.00
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0.00
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14
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| 2
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London Gatwick
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21.99
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69.73
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8.41
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2.08
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1,011
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Manchester
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26.77
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71.16
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9.16
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2.16
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371
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Birmingham
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50.88
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46.88
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25.00
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6.25
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32
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| ALL AIRPORTS > > >
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23.78
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69.61
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8.89
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2.17
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1,428
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The average XL Airways charter flight was delayed by 24 minutes during the winter 2002 / 2003 season, with 70% on-time performance.
The small number of flights analysed at Glasgow had good punctuality, with close to average timekeeping seen at London Gatwick and Manchester. A small number of flights at Birmingham during the season had the worst timekeeping for the airline, with long delays averaging over 50 minutes.
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