These pages show punctuality and delay statistics for charter flights operated at Newcastle 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 Newcastle |
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Charter Flights | All UK Reporting Airport
Charter Flights |
Jan '11 -
Dec '11 | Jan '10 -
Dec '10 | Jan '11 -
Dec '11 | Jan '10 -
Dec '10 |
| Average Delay (mins) | 16.53 | 23.57 | 20.50 | 31.79 |
| Within 15 mins (%) | 78.79 | 70.27 | 73.75 | 63.88 |
| 1 hour+ late (%) | 5.90 | 10.16 | 8.20 | 13.29 |
| 3 hours+ late (%) | 1.58 | 2.39 | 1.98 | 3.56 |
| Total Flights Analysed | 6,012 | 5,701 | 78,402 | 82,980 | |
| UK Airport Ranking (Charter Flight Delays: Jan '11 - Dec '11) |
| 1st | London Stansted | 15.06 mins |
| 2nd | Newcastle | 16.53 mins |
| 3rd | Birmingham | 19.32 mins |
| 4th | London Gatwick | 19.92 mins |
| 5th | London Luton | 21.36 mins |
| 6th | Manchester | 21.92 mins |
| 7th | Glasgow | 23.60 mins |
| 8th | Edinburgh | 28.30 mins |
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Charter flight punctuality at Newcastle airport improved significantly over the year to date compared to the same period the previous year, the average delay reducing by 30% from 24 minutes to 17 minutes and on-time performance increasing by 9 percentage points to 79%.
Compared to the UK average, charter flights at Newcastle airport had a better punctuality profile across all delay categories during the year to date.
Newcastle Airport ranked second out of eight UK Reporting Airports for charter flight punctuality during the rolling year to date. |
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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 | Thomson Airways | 16.38 | 81.05 | 5.93 | 2.02 | 2,275 |
| 2 | Thomas Cook Airlines | 18.63 | 76.53 | 6.74 | 1.78 | 2,360 |
| BOTH AIRLINES > > > | 17.53 | 78.75 | 6.34 | 1.90 | 4,635 |
Thomson Airways and Thomas Cook Airlines were the only carriers operating a significant number of charter flights at Newcastle during the summer 2011 season.
Thomson flights had the lowest average delay, at 16 minutes compared with 19 minutes for Thomas Cook, and in terms of on-time performance Thomson flights also had the upper hand recording 81% compared with 77% for Thomas Cook.
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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 | Thomson Airways | 18.44 | 75.57 | 7.82 | 1.72 | 524 |
| 2 | Thomas Cook Airlines | 29.53 | 75.00 | 9.83 | 2.81 | 356 |
| BOTH AIRLINES > > > | 22.93 | 75.34 | 8.64 | 2.16 | 880 |
Thomson Airways was the most punctual charter airline at Newcastle during the winter 2010 / 11 season, with an average delay of 18 minutes and 76% on-time performance recorded.
Thomas Cook Airlines followed with similar on-time performance at 75%, but a higher proportion of longer delays leading to a much higher average delay of 30 minutes.
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