Kanaren: Flights to Nürnberg 100 per cent on time

The Fuerteventura route to Nuremberg topped the punctuality rankings for flights to Germany from the Canary Islands in September, with a 100 per cent punctuality rate. The analysis covered seven airlines. Flights to Germany accounted for 5.2 per cent of the 18,338 departures recorded. Departures were considered on time if they were delayed by no more than 15 minutes.

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The Tenerife South to Düsseldorf route came last in the route rankings, with a delay of 23 minutes and 54 seconds. Its on-time departure rate for 43 flights was 55.8 per cent.

Back in August, Tenerife South to Düsseldorf had already come bottom of the route rankings. The September rankings list airlines and routes according to punctuality.

Canary Islands: The most punctual airlines and routes to Germany in September

Fuerteventura to Hanover saw the biggest increase in the average deviation. The average delay rose from 10:12 to 16:16 minutes, whilst the proportion of on-time departures increased from 72.2 to 73 per cent.

Gran Canaria made the greatest improvement on the route to Cologne/Bonn. The average delay fell from 39:10 to 12:13 minutes, whilst the on-time performance rate rose from 45.2 to 72.2 per cent.

Airlines: Marabu and Eurowings improve their punctuality

Marabu improved its average delay from 22 minutes 57 seconds to 8 minutes 4 seconds and its on-time performance rate from 52.2 per cent to 80.3 per cent. Eurowings also reduced its average delay from 24 minutes 16 seconds to 15 minutes 59 seconds and increased its on-time performance rate from 43.5 per cent to 62.4 per cent.

TUIfly topped the rankings for average deviation, whilst Corendon Europe led the way in terms of the proportion of on-time departures. Extreme individual delays could have pushed up the average, even though many flights took off within the 15-minute limit. Discover was formerly known as Eurowings Discover.

Canary Islands airports: Lanzarote tops the punctuality rankings

Of the four departure airports analysed, Lanzarote ranked ahead of Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria and Tenerife South. Tenerife South recorded a delay of 14 minutes and 34 seconds across 221 flights, with a delay rate of 66.7 per cent.

The following table ranks the seven airlines according to their average delay. It also shows the percentage of on-time departures and the number of flights.

Rank	Airline	Average deviation	Ratio	Flights
1	TUIfly	7 minutes and 42 seconds late	77.8 per cent	239
2	Marabu	8 minutes and 4 seconds late	80.3 per cent	71
3	Ryanair	8 minutes and 36 seconds late	75.5 per cent	53
4	Corendon Europe	8 minutes and 55 seconds late	81.7 per cent	93
5	Condor	13 minutes late	68.6 per cent	255
6	Discover	13:17 minutes late	65.5 per cent	58
7	Eurowings	15:59 minutes late	62.4 per cent	101

The following table lists routes within Germany by their average delay. The route from Fuerteventura to Nuremberg tops the list with a delay of 33 seconds and 100 per cent of flights departing on time.

Place	Distance	Ø deviation	Quota	Flights
1	Fuerteventura to Nuremberg (FUE-NUE)	33 seconds late	100 per cent	22
2	Fuerteventura to Munich (FUE-MUC)	34 seconds late	96 per cent	25
3	Gran Canaria to Munich (LPA-MUC)	2 minutes 56 seconds late	86.7 per cent	30
4	Fuerteventura to Hamburg (FUE-HAM)	3 minutes and 9 seconds late	90.6 per cent	32
5	Tenerife South to Munich (TFS-MUC)	4 minutes and 48 seconds late	82.8 per cent	29
6	Fuerteventura to Frankfurt (FUE-FRA)	6 minutes 59 seconds late	78.4 per cent	51
7	Fuerteventura to Leipzig/Halle (FUE-LEJ)	8 minutes and 3 seconds late	81 per cent	21
8	Lanzarote to Frankfurt (ACE-FRA)	9 minutes and 5 seconds late	76 per cent	25
9	Fuerteventura to Cologne/Bonn (FUE-CGN)	10:44 minutes late	65 per cent	40
10	Gran Canaria to Hanover (LPA-HAJ)	11 minutes late	74.1 per cent	27

The third table ranks the same routes by the percentage of on-time departures. Despite having the highest average delay in this selection, the Fuerteventura to Hanover route still managed to come tenth.

Place	Distance	Odds	Average deviation	Flights
1	Fuerteventura to Nuremberg (FUE-NUE)	100 per cent	33 seconds late	22
2	Fuerteventura to Munich (FUE-MUC)	96 per cent	34 seconds late	25
3	Fuerteventura to Hamburg (FUE-HAM)	90.6 per cent	3 minutes and 9 seconds late	32
4	Gran Canaria to Munich (LPA-MUC)	86.7 per cent	2 minutes 56 seconds late	30
5	Tenerife South to Munich (TFS-MUC)	82.8 per cent	4 minutes and 48 seconds late	29
6	Fuerteventura to Leipzig/Halle (FUE-LEJ)	81 per cent	8 minutes and 3 seconds late	21
7	Fuerteventura to Frankfurt (FUE-FRA)	78.4 per cent	6 minutes 59 seconds late	51
8	Lanzarote to Frankfurt (ACE-FRA)	76 per cent	9 minutes and 5 seconds late	25
9	Gran Canaria to Hanover (LPA-HAJ)	74.1 per cent	11 minutes late	27
10	Fuerteventura to Hanover (FUE-HAJ)	73 per cent	16:16 minutes late	37

The route from Tenerife South to Berlin recorded the highest proportion of cancellations, at ten per cent. Further analyses for this month include the airport analysis, the airline rankings and the route analysis.