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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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2008
Rolling Year to Date
  XL Charter Flights All UK Charter Flights
Apr '07 -
Mar '08
Apr '06 -
Mar '07
Apr '07 -
Mar '08
Apr '06 -
Mar '07
Average Delay (mins) 30.08 40.47 27.08 27.14
Within 15 mins (%) 68.62 60.20 65.47 66.82
1 hour+ late (%) 10.48 14.55 10.86 10.56
3 hours+ late (%) 3.46 5.33 2.56 2.71
Total Flights Analysed 12,210 3,807 118,526 126,476
XL Airways charter flight punctuality improved significantly during the year to date compared with the previous year, the average delay reducing by around a quarter from 40 minutes to 30 minutes, and on-time performance increasing from 60% to 69%. Also, around a quarter fewer flights were delayed by over an hour.

Relative to the UK average, XL charter flights had slightly better on-time performance over the year to date and a lower proportion of flights delayed in excess of an hour, however a higher proportion were delayed in excess of 3 hours compared with the average leading to a slightly higher average delay.
Winter 2007 / 2008 Winter 2007 / 2008
Rank Airport Avg. Delay
(mins)
Within 15
mins (%)
1 hour+
late (%)
3 hours+
late (%)
Total Flights
analysed
1 Glasgow 19.64 45.45 0.00 0.00 11
2 Birmingham 31.16 48.98 15.31 1.02 98
3 London Gatwick 31.29 62.07 11.28 2.84 1,197
4 Manchester 31.93 60.05 10.38 3.81 761
ALL AIRPORTS > > >  31.45 60.62 11.08 3.10 2,067
The majority of XL Airways charter flights operated at London Gatwick and Mancester during the winter 2007 / 08 season, with similar punctuality recorded at both airports. The average flight was delayed by around 30 minutes and 60% on-time performance was achieved.
 
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