Dublin Airport has been ranked Europe’s 4th most punctual airport, in terms of on-time flight arrivals.
Online trading platform, BestBrokers has reviewed the best and worst airports in Europe and best and worst airlines for punctuality.
It based all rankings on number of flights operated, number of cancelled departures, number of delayed departures and the number of delayed/cancelled flights.
According to BestBrokers’ Paul Hoffman, the author of the research: “Last year, the aviation industry in Europe saw a 10% increase in flights compared to 2022, with total traffic reaching roughly 92% of pre-Covid levels, according to Eurocontrol. Despite this recovery, the sector has faced many other difficulties including increased fuel prices, geopolitical conflicts, and labour strikes. While some companies in the aviation industry are seeing these issues as challenges that need to be overcome in order to improve, others seem to be using them as excuses.”
In terms of best airports – Malta, Warsaw Chopin, and Stuttgart were the only hubs ranked above Dublin, while the top 10 was rounded out by Tenerife, Trondheim, Bergen, Bordeaux-Merignac, Helsinki and Oslo.
The 10 worst airports for on-time arrivals – and the most likely hubs where your flight is likely to be delayed – were: Frankfurt, London-Luton, Brussels, Charleroi, Larnaca, Munich, Manchester, Bergamo, Nice and Paris Charles de Gaulle.
In terms of airlines; Italy’s Air Dolomiti was ranked Europe’s worst airline for on-time arrivals. A number of notable carriers made the bad list – among them Lufthansa, British Airways, EasyJet, Wizz Air, SWISS and TAP Air Portugal.
Conversely, the most punctual airlines, last year, were Eurowings, Wideroe, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Finnair, Austrian Airlines, LOT, Vueling, Iberia, TUI fly Belgium, and Binter Canarias.
“The aviation industry in Europe is going through challenging times, with an increasing number of displeased employees, threatening strikes and demanding higher wages. Such were the Ryanair Brussels pilots who held a number of protests [last summer], affecting scheduled routes and overall traffic,” said Mr Hoffman.
