Budget airlines surprise: These are the least punctual airlines in Europe

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Turkish Airlines is the worst European airline in the last six months. This is demonstrated by an assessment made by the German company Flightright, which represents the rights of air passengers. Turkish Airlines, with a 38.3 percent delayed departure, is well above the 20 percent average. The 25 airlines with the most departures in Europe were considered for the study.

Switzerland is not doing well either: This year it is in fourth place with a third of more punctual and delayed flights than ever before. In addition to the leader from Turkey, it was only eclipsed by Portuguese airline TAP (36%) and British Airways (36.6 percent).

The strike in Germany was effective

British Airways tops the list of cancellations. 3.3 percent of their flights never took place. Lufthansa’s two subsidiaries, Cityline (2.6 percent) and Eurowings (2.5 percent), are right behind. Many cancellations at Eurowings are mainly due to strikes at German airports, Flightright reports. At the same time, the airline was the most punctual: only 2.6 percent of its planes took off too late.

Low-cost providers are doing surprisingly well: both Easyjet (1.8 percent) and Ryanair (0.6 percent) canceled significantly fewer flights than major prestigious airlines such as Swiss-owned Lufthansa, Air France or British Airways . They show themselves much better than their reputation. After all: Switzerland is also in the lower range, with just 0.8 percent of canceled flights.

The current flight year continues smoothly from last year’s problems: numerous strikes, long delays and long wait times characterize the industry. There is also a staff shortage in many places. According to Flightright, it’s clear that domestic airline processes are still not working as intended. “It is an open secret that there are still many problems with German airlines and not everything is going as smoothly as the airlines promised,” passenger rights expert Claudia Brosche said in a press release about the study.

Source :Blick