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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During the 2007 summer season, XL Airways was the most punctual UK charter airline at London Luton.
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XL Charter Flights
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All UK Charter Flights
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Jan '07 -
Dec '07
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Jan '06 -
Dec '06
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Jan '07 -
Dec '07
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Jan '06 -
Dec '06
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| Average Delay (mins)
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31.77
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37.70
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26.86
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27.22
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| Within 15 mins (%)
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68.10
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62.17
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65.98
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66.77
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| 1 hour+ late (%)
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11.05
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14.57
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10.60
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10.63
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| 3 hours+ late (%)
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3.85
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4.58
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2.53
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2.70
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| Total Flights Analysed
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12,383
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13,427
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119,024
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127,170
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XL Airways charter flight punctuality improved significantly during 2007 compared with 2006, the average delay reducing from 38 minutes to 32 minutes, and on-time performance increasing from 62% to 68%. Also, fewer flights were delayed by over an hour.
Despite the improvement, XL punctuality remained poorer than the UK average during 2007, with the exception of on-time performance which was actually 2% points higher than the UK average during the year.
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Note: A small number of flights to and from Edinburgh (9) 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 (%)
| 3 hours+
late (%)
| Total Flights
analysed
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London Luton
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12.36
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86.84
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4.21
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2.11
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190
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Birmingham
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15.90
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82.09
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5.22
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3.73
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134
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London Gatwick
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26.54
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68.61
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10.42
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3.09
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4,635
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| 4
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Glasgow
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27.19
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77.32
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7.67
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3.10
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613
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| 5
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London Stansted
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32.40
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74.85
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10.18
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3.39
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501
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Newcastle
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32.55
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72.51
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8.82
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3.49
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975
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| 7
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Manchester
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35.59
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68.48
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11.83
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4.45
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3,077
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| ALL AIRPORTS > > >
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29.79
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70.30
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10.33
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3.55
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10,125
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XL Airways charter flights were delayed by an average of 30 minutes during the 2007 summer season, with 70% on-time performance, a marked improvement for the airline on punctuality compared with recent years.
Good punctuality was seen at London Luton and Birmingham airports, with over 80% on-time performance and average delays of around 15 minutes or less.
XL charter flights at London Gatwick, Glasgow, London Stansted and Newcastle had close to average punctuality for the airline, while at Manchester the longest delays were recorded averaging 36 minutes with nearly 1 in 8 flights delayed by over an hour.
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Note: A small number of flights to and from London Stansted (9) and Edinburgh (7) 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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Birmingham
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33.99
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54.46
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12.87
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3.96
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101
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Manchester
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40.59
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63.27
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13.27
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5.22
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882
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London Gatwick
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54.65
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49.92
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19.11
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7.97
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1,230
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London Luton
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57.10
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34.48
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27.59
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13.79
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58
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Glasgow
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75.86
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42.86
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33.33
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14.29
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21
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Newcastle
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80.42
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47.37
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10.53
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5.26
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19
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| ALL AIRPORTS > > >
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48.85
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54.74
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16.88
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6.92
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2,311
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Manchester and London Gatwick were the only UK reporting airports with a significant number of XL Airways charter flights during the winter 2006 / 07 season.
Punctuality was better at Manchester than London Gatwick, with an average delay recorded of 41 minutes and 55 minutes respectively for the airports.
Both of these represent poor statistics, particularly at London Gatwick where less than half of all XL Airways flights operated on-time and nearly 1 in 5 flights was delayed by over an hour.
As a result the winter 2006 / 07 season was the worst season on record for XL Airways punctuality.
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