A Quarter of European Flights Delayed Last Year

1st July 2024

Some of them were winter ski flights with a quarter of overall flights not arriving within 15 minutes of their scheduled time. The figures come from Performance Review Report (PRR)…
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Some of them were winter ski flights with a quarter of overall flights not arriving within 15 minutes of their scheduled time.

The figures come from Performance Review Report (PRR) from Eurocontrol.

En-route Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM) delays in 2023 were the second highest over the past 20 years.

The figure was higher than pre-covid levels in 2019 even though that year higher levels of air traffic.

ATFM delays in 2023 reached 18.1 million minutes which is the equivalent of 301,000 hours.

“Airspace is a critical infrastructure for Europe and the latest performance review shows that it is creaking at the seams,” said the MD of A4E, Ourania Georgoutsakou.

“Over one in four flights delayed is simply unacceptable for airlines and their passengers.”