Transavia France tops Canary Islands flights while TUI lags behind

Transavia France had the best punctuality record for departures to the Canary Islands in September. TUI came last in terms of average deviation. The analysis covers departures by 34 airlines.

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Data source: Airport statistics, Aena.

TUI recorded an average delay of 21 minutes and 54 seconds, with a punctuality rate of 56.8 per cent. Canaryfly reported the sharpest decline compared with the previous month. The average delay rose from 4 minutes and 21 seconds to 6 minutes and 55 seconds, whilst the punctuality rate fell from 87.2 per cent to 84.2 per cent.

Of the 33 airlines included in the analysis for both months, SmartWings made the biggest improvement. The airline’s average delay fell from 32:28 to 9:39 minutes. At the same time, its on-time performance rate rose from 38.9 to 72.5 per cent. Here is how the Canary Islands flights ranked in September.

Punctuality of flights to the Canary Islands in September: two key figures, two rankings

The average deviation and the rate did not result in the same ranking for all airlines. Neos was among the top three in terms of deviation, whilst Volotea was among the top three in terms of rate. Similarly, when it came to the punctuality of the Canary Islands‘ airports in September, a different airport came out on top based on average deviation than on the rate.

The following table ranks the 34 airlines analysed according to their average deviation.

Rank	Airline	Average deviation	Ratio	Flights
1	Transavia France	2 minutes 50 seconds late	88.9 per cent	63
2	Air Europa	4 minutes and 49 seconds late	86.1 per cent	245
3	Neos	5 minutes late	78.3 per cent	46
4	Brussels Airlines	6 minutes and 7 seconds late	83.3 per cent	60
5	Edelweiß Air	6 minutes and 24 seconds late	78.7 per cent	94
6	Iberia Express	6 minutes 30 seconds late	85.6 per cent	709
7	Canaryfly	6 minutes 55 seconds late	84.2 per cent	1052
8	Canary Islands	7 minutes and 2 seconds late	82.7 per cent	2851
9	Naysa	7 minutes and 38 seconds late	80.1 per cent	3003
10	TUIfly	7 minutes and 41 seconds late	77.9 per cent	240

The second table ranks the airlines according to their punctuality rate, which is the proportion of departures that are no more than 15 minutes late.

Rank	Airline	Quota	Average deviation	Flights
1	Transavia France	88.9 per cent	2 minutes 50 seconds late	63
2	Air Europa	86.1 per cent	4 minutes and 49 seconds late	245
3	Volotea	85.7 per cent	8 minutes 50 seconds late	63
4	Iberia Express	85.6 per cent	6 minutes 30 seconds late	709
5	Iberia	84.4 per cent	8 minutes and 41 seconds late	149
6	Canaryfly	84.2 per cent	6 minutes 55 seconds late	1052
7	Norwegian	83.6 per cent	7 minutes 56 seconds late	55
8	Brussels Airlines	83.3 per cent	6 minutes and 7 seconds late	60
9	Canarias	82.7 per cent	7:02 minutes late	2851
10	Wizz Air Malta	82.6 per cent	12 minutes and 13 seconds late	46