These pages show punctuality and delay statistics for charter flights operated at London Luton 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 Luton |
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Luton 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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19.13
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23.79
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26.86
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27.22
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| Within 15 mins (%)
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70.83
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66.57
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65.98
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66.77
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| 1 hour+ late (%)
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7.01
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9.65
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10.60
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10.63
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| 3 hours+ late (%)
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1.48
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1.83
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2.53
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2.70
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| Total Flights Analysed
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3,781
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4,218
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119,024
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127,170
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Charter flights at London Luton airport had a significant improvement in punctuality during 2007 compared with 2006, the average delay reducing from 24 minutes to 19 minutes, and on-time performance increasing by four percentage points to 71%.
Charter flights at Luton maintained their significant punctuality margin over and above the UK average during 2007.
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Note: A small number of flights by Astraeus (5) and MyTravel Airways (4) were not analysed.
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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 (%)
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3 hours+
late (%)
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Total Flights
analysed
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| 1
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XL Airways
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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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First Choice Airways
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13.09
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73.07
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4.39
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0.15
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661
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Thomsonfly
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17.95
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73.96
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6.23
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1.60
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1,878
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| 4
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Monarch Airlines
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19.07
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63.81
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5.71
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0.00
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105
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| 5
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Thomas Cook Airlines
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22.32
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58.82
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5.88
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0.00
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34
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| ALL 5 AIRLINES > > >
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16.55
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74.06
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5.65
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1.22
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2,868
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XL Airways had the best punctuality of any UK charter airline at London Luton during the summer 2007 season, with an average delay of 12 minutes and 87% on-time performance recorded for the relatively small number of flights operated.
First Choice Airways followed with good timekeeping, and Thomsonfly was in third position with close to average performance at the airport.
Monarch Airlines and Thomas Cook Airlines operated a relatively small number of flights at the airport during the season, with poorer punctuality than other carriers.
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Note: A small number of flights by Monarch Airlines (15), Thomas Cook Airlines (8) and MyTravel Airways (4) were not analysed.
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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 (%)
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3 hours+
late (%)
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Total Flights
analysed
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| 1
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First Choice Airways
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14.56
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63.01
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4.11
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0.00
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73
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| 2
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Thomsonfly
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23.24
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74.49
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6.79
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2.88
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486
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Astraeus
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49.19
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38.71
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29.03
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3.23
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31
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| 4
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XL Airways
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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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| ALL 4 AIRLINES > > >
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26.53
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67.90
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9.41
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3.55
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648
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First Choice Airways was the most punctual UK charter airline at London Luton during the winter 2006 / 07 season with an average delay of 15 minutes recorded.
Only Thomsonfly operated a significant number of charter flights at the airport during the season, which recorded close to average punctuality.
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