These pages show punctuality and delay statistics for charter flights operated at London Gatwick 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 London Gatwick |
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Gatwick Charter Flights
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All UK Charter Flights
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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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31.65
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25.10
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27.48
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23.28
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| Within 15 mins (%)
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61.61
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67.97
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67.15
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70.28
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| 1 hour+ late (%)
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12.57
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9.81
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10.79
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9.25
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| 3 hours+ late (%)
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3.21
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2.44
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2.78
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2.18
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| Total Flights Analysed
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44,750
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47,803
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129,035
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137,158
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Punctuality of charter flights at London Gatwick during 2005 dropped significantly compared with 2004, the average delay increasing to 32 minutes and only 62% on-time performance.
While this increase is in line with the pattern seen for charter flights at all UK reporting airports, charter flight punctuality at Gatwick was worse than the UK average in 2005.
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Airline
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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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First Choice Airways
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18.28
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70.47
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6.44
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1.21
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6,535
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Thomsonfly
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19.95
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73.13
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6.76
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1.92
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5,515
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MyTravel Airways
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28.45
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66.45
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10.97
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2.80
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2,325
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| 4
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Thomas Cook Airlines
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36.72
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63.25
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14.20
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4.26
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4,550
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| 5
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Monarch Airlines
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36.81
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54.78
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15.34
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4.01
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3,945
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| 6
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Excel Airways
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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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| 7
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Astraeus
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42.61
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54.59
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17.95
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4.84
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1,755
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| 8
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Flyjet
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62.31
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38.90
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30.64
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7.23
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581
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| ALL 8 AIRLINES > > >
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30.81
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63.44
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11.81
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3.22
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30,718
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First Choice Airways and Thomsonfly were the most punctual UK charter carriers at London Gatwick over the 2005 summer season, with average delays of 20 minutes or less and around 70 - 73% on-time performance.
MyTravel Airways, Thomas Cook Airlines and Monarch Airlines had poorer performance with flights operating on average 28 - 37 minutes behind schedule, but the poorest carriers, with average delays of 40 minutes or more, were Excel Airways, Astraeus and Flyjet.
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Airline
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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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First Choice Airways
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23.60
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63.62
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8.64
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1.26
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2,141
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Britannia Airways
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25.53
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68.01
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9.12
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2.48
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2,423
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Thomas Cook Airlines
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30.11
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65.91
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9.68
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3.10
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1,839
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| 4
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Monarch Airlines
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34.12
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54.78
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14.19
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3.72
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1,882
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| 5
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Astraeus
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34.72
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61.83
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14.89
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3.82
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786
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| 6
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Excel Airways
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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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| 7
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MyTravel Airways
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54.28
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54.72
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22.50
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6.53
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720
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| 8
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Flyjet
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65.18
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31.28
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27.49
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7.58
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211
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| ALL 8 AIRLINES > > >
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32.84
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61.02
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12.67
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3.31
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11,192
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Charter flights by UK carriers to and from London Gatwick Airport suffered extensive delays over the winter 2004 / 2005 season with no carriers operating services with less than a 24 minute average delay, and around 68% on-time performance. This is in stark contrast to previous analysed seasons.
Excel Airways, MyTravel Airways and Flyjet had the worst punctuality at Gatwick over the season.
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