{"id":81823,"date":"2018-12-21T10:07:43","date_gmt":"2018-12-21T09:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/?p=81823"},"modified":"2023-03-06T15:30:30","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T14:30:30","slug":"flightright-flight-delays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/flightright-flight-delays","title":{"rendered":"Flight delays and cancellations: Flightright takes stock of 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

Flightright has just unveiled its airline review for 2018. The passenger rights specialist has ranked airports and airlines according to their punctuality<\/strong> and the number of flights cancelled between January and November. Among the 100 airlines with the most flights departing from France, Eastern Airways<\/strong>Germania, which operates flights from Rodez to Paris, Southampton and Milan in partnership with Flybe, is the most punctual, with a delay rate of 1.8 %. Behind it is Germania, a carrier offering routes mainly between Germany and Corsica, as well as from Toulouse to Morocco and Dubrovnik. Iberia Express, the low-cost subsidiary of the Spanish airline, completes the podium. With 4.4 % of delays, the French carrier Air Corsica is fourth in the ranking, followed by Transavia France<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Concerning the less punctual companies, Jet Airways<\/strong> leads the way with 33 % of delayed flights. Tunisair and Air Canada are behind the Indian airline with 28.9 % and 27.9 % respectively of flights departing more than 30 minutes late. Next come Egyptair (27.8 %) and TAP Express (26.6 %).<\/p>\n

Flightright also takes stock of the airlines that have cancelled the fewest flights<\/strong> in 2018: Iberia Express, Emirates, Air Europa, Quatar and Blue Air top the list with just 0.1 % of cancellations. Conversely, LGW (operated by Eurowings) (5.3%), BA CityFlyer (3.8%) and Vueling (3.5%) are among the five carriers with the most cancelled flights, as are Air France subsidiaries Joon (3.5%) and Hop! (3.6%).<\/p>\n

The most reliable airports<\/h4>\n

Among French airports, Caen recorded the fewest delayed flights (0.1 %), followed by Pau-Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es (0.2 %) and Brest (0.3 %). For the European ranking, Athens airport<\/strong> is the most reliable. London-Luton comes third and Milan-Linate fourth. The Cologne-Bonn and Lyon-Saint-Exup\u00e9ry hubs come last, ahead of Marseille-Provence, D\u00fcsseldorf and Porto. According to Flightright estimates, compensation due to passengers<\/strong> will amount to 562 million euros this year, 10 million more than in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n