These pages show punctuality and delay statistics for XL Airways (previously known as Excel Airways) charter flights at UK reporting airports. Data is available for 2002 to 2008, when the airline ceased operations. Simply select which year you are interested in below.
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XL Charter Flights
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All Charter Airlines
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Jan '05 -
Dec '05
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Jan '04 -
Dec '04
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Jan '05 -
Dec '05
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Jan '04 -
Dec '04
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| Average Delay (mins)
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40.59
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28.26
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27.49
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23.24
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| Within 15 mins (%)
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60.40
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66.92
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67.20
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70.41
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| 1 hour+ late (%)
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14.81
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10.82
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10.80
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9.23
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| 3 hours+ late (%)
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4.45
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2.77
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2.78
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2.18
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| Total Flights Analysed
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12,686
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11,664
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128,624
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136,511
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Punctuality of XL Airways charter flights dropped significantly in 2005 compared with 2004, the average delay rising 45% from 28 minutes in 2004 to nearly 41 minutes in 2005.
On-time performance was 60% and more than 1 in 7 flights operated over an hour late during 2005. As in 2004, delays were worse than the average for all UK charter flights in all categories.
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Note: A small number of flights to and from Edinburgh (11) and London Luton (4) were not included in the analysis
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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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Glasgow
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13.65
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83.54
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4.00
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1.85
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650
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London Stansted
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28.09
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48.00
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16.00
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0.00
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75
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| 3
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Birmingham
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28.41
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59.90
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13.20
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1.02
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197
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| 4
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London Gatwick
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41.29
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55.88
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15.13
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4.74
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5,512
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Manchester
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43.42
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65.78
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15.28
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4.88
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3,337
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Newcastle
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43.84
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66.04
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14.14
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4.14
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1,110
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| ALL AIRPORTS > > >
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40.23
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61.62
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14.38
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4.45
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10,881
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XL Airways flights had poor punctuality over the summer 2005 season, with the average flight operating over 40 minutes behind schedule and more than 1 in 7 flights delayed by over an hour.
Good punctuality performance was seen at Glasgow airport, where XL flights achieved nearly 84% on-time performance, but other airports had much longer delays, particularly Newcastle where the airline was the least punctual analysed charter airline with the average flight operating over 43 minutes late.
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Note: A small number of flights to and from Glasgow (11), London Luton (4), Edinburgh (4), London Stansted (3) and Newcastle (2) were not included in the analysis
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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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Manchester
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42.56
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55.34
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15.67
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4.69
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683
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London Gatwick
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46.57
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52.94
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19.33
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5.38
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1,190
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Birmingham
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51.21
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39.02
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28.63
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7.32
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41
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| ALL AIRPORTS > > >
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45.24
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53.50
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18.18
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5.17
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1,914
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During the winter 2004 / 2005 season, the punctuality of XL Airways charter flights was the worst recorded for the carrier in three years of analysis. XL had a very high average delay of over 45 minutes, with little variation between the analysed airports. Only around half of all flights operated on time with nearly 1 in 5 services delayed over an hour (twice the winter 2003 / 2004 figure) and over 1 in 20 flights held up in excess of three hours (nearly three times the winter 2003 / 2004 figure).
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