Athletes from all over the world are being rewarded every day with podium finishes at Paris 2024, AirHelp is now doing the same, in the air transport sector. The air claims specialist is now sharing its data on the 1st half 2024. That's almost 355,000 flights departing from France, with a delay or cancellation rate of 29.5%. This is an opportunity to honour the airlines and airports that have managed any turbulence to the best of their ability since the start of the year. And to point the finger at those most affected...
Athletes from all over the world are being rewarded every day with podium finishes at Paris 2024, AirHelp is now doing the same, in the air transport sector. The air claims specialist is now sharing its data on the 1st half 2024. That's almost 355,000 flights departing from France, with a delay or cancellation rate of 29.5%. This is an opportunity to honour the airlines and airports that have managed any turbulence to the best of their ability since the start of the year. And to point the finger at those most affected...
Rennes, Nantes and Toulouse in the lead
On the airlinesthis list AirHelp honours the punctuality of Vueling. The rate of disruption is estimated at 18%, for a French traffic of some 10,000 flights operated by the airline. As for French airports - focusing on hubs handling more than 200 scheduled flights a month, it is the airport of Rennes which stands out for its efficiency. Nearly eight out of ten passengers (79.5%) were able to catch their flight on time, out of a total of 135,000 passengers. The airports of Nantes (2nd) and Toulouse Blagnac (3rd) complete the podium established by AirHelp. Their punctuality rates are 77.64% and 77.07% respectively.
In contrast, the major French platforms had a difficult first half. Visit Côte d'Azur airports (Nice), Paris CDG and Beauvais-Tille are the worst performers according to data published by AirHelp, with punctuality rates of 63.79%, 66.72% and 70.38% respectively.
Over and above these specific cases, it should be noted that the report published by AirHelp shows that overall improvement of the situation in French skies. " Although total air travel in the first half of the year was down by around 2.5% on the previous year (53.3 million passengers), punctuality figures improved. "point out the authors of the report. " In 2023, during the same period, 35.2% of flights were delayed departing from their airport of origin; in 2024, the disruption rate improved by 5.75%, with delayed or cancelled flights falling to 29.50%. ".
