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These pages show punctuality and delay statistics for charter flights operated at Birmingham airport. 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.

You can view data for several other UK airports, or view charter delays for specific airlines, by selecting a different page from the appropriate menu to the right.

Punctuality data is also available for scheduled flights at Birmingham
  
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MyTravel Airways MyTravel Airways
Thomas Cook Airlines Thomas Cook Airlines
Thomsonfly Thomsonfly
XL Airways XL Airways
  
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View Birmingham punctuality for: 2008200720062005200420032002
 
2005
Full Year
  Birmingham Charter Flights All UK Charter Flights
Jan '05 -
Dec '05
Jan '04 -
Dec '04
Jan '05 -
Dec '05
Jan '04 -
Dec '04
Average Delay (mins) 19.59 18.03 27.48 23.28
Within 15 mins (%) 73.44 75.86 67.15 70.28
1 hour+ late (%) 7.88 6.99 10.79 9.25
3 hours+ late (%) 1.66 1.53 2.78 2.18
Total Flights Analysed 13,523 14,570 129,035 137,158
Charter flights at Birmingham suffered longer delays in 2005 than in 2004, with all delay categories showing a drop in punctuality year-on-year.

The average charter flight at Birmingham was nearly 20 minutes late in 2005, while 73% of flights operated on-time. This compares to 18 minutes and 76% in 2004.

Charter flight punctuality at Birmingham in 2005 was, however, better than the UK average.
Summer 2005 Summer 2005
Rank Airline Avg. Delay
(mins)
Within 15
mins (%)
1 hour+
late (%)
3 hours+
late (%)
Total Flights
analysed
1 First Choice Airways 11.21 77.70 3.24 0.06 1,637
2 MyTravel Airways 12.07 86.37 4.79 1.28 1,482
3 Monarch Airlines 14.99 67.23 5.20 0.14 711
4 Thomas Cook Airlines 15.49 81.19 6.19 1.53 1,696
5 Thomsonfly 20.37 77.48 7.03 1.81 2,433
6 Excel Airways 28.41 59.90 13.20 1.02 197
ALL 6 AIRLINES > > >  15.73 78.59 5.68 1.14 8,156
Over the summer 2005 season First Choice Airways, MyTravel Airways, Monarch Airlines and Thomas Cook Airlines achieved very good punctuality statistics for charter services to and from Birmingham, with average delays of 11 - 15 minutes, and less than 1 in 15 services held up over an hour.

Thomsonfly and Excel Airways had a poorer season at Birmingham during summer 2005, with average delays of around 20 minutes or more.
Winter 2004 / 2005 Winter 2004 / 2005
Rank Airline Avg. Delay
(mins)
Within 15
mins (%)
1 hour+
late (%)
3 hours+
late (%)
Total Flights
analysed
1 Thomas Cook Airlines 9.42 87.33 3.23 0.69 434
2 First Choice Airways 9.95 84.69 4.34 0.26 392
3 Britannia Airways 11.94 80.20 4.97 0.51 985
4 MyTravel Airways 13.39 71.32 3.77 0.00 265
5 Monarch Airlines 14.58 78.30 7.55 0.94 212
6 Excel Airways 51.27 39.02 26.83 7.32 41
7 Flyjet 75.91 47.27 36.36 12.73 55
ALL 7 AIRLINES > > >  13.70 79.61 5.75 0.88 2,384
Thomas Cook Airlines, First Choice Airways, Britannia Airways, MyTravel Airways and Monarch Airlines all demonstrated good punctuality and on-time performance from Birmingham over the winter 2004 / 2005 period.

Poor performance was seen for Excel Airways and Flyjet, both operating less than half of all services on-time during the season.
 
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