Europe’s top 10 airlines by flight cancellations
Which are Europe’s top 10 airlines by flight cancellations? In response to the operational challenges faced by many European airlines, Mabrian has analysed data related to airline schedules over the last few weeks. Based on the number of flights scheduled on 14 June to operate between 1 and 15 July, compared to the number of flights scheduled on 28 June.
During the peak summer season, airlines rarely cancel scheduled flights at such short notice, weeks before takeoff. Yet, looking at the top ten by cancellations, we can see that over 2,000 flights were cancelled across Europe from 1 to 15 July alone. As a result of the labour difficulties that airlines and airports are experiencing right now, they can’t return to 2019 capacity levels.
While easyJet’s overall number of flights cancelled is 1,394, this represents just 5.5% of the airline’s air capacity (or one in 20 flights). Conversely, the highest number of cancelled flights is reported by Turkish Airlines, at nearly 7%.
If we look at the overall numbers of an airline’s air capacity in terms of percentage, we must keep some perspective on this general situation. In many cases, cancellation rates are meagre – the lowest of the top 10 is Air Europa, which cancels less than 0.5% of its flights, meaning 199 out of 200 still fly.
The fact remains that every cancellation represents a holiday nightmare for someone and a loss of revenue for the airline: neither party is winning here; the airline industry has still some distance from fixing this.
Note: This data does not include last-minute cancellations but is based on scheduled flights.
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