Palma de Mallorca is the summer destination with the most flight delays
We compared four holiday carriers departing from the UK, showing their top 3 most-often-delayed flight routes in July and August. These delays exceeded three hours. Palma de Mallorca tops the list as the holiday destination with the most delays.
Thomson
Thomson Holidays is one of the most well-known holiday providers and offers flights from 28 airports in the UK. The most delayed routes of July and August of their own airline, Thomson were between the UK and Paphos, Palma de Mallorca and Cancun.
| Carrier | Route | Delays > 3 hours |
| Thomson | UK – Paphos |
6 |
| Thomson | UK – Palma de Mallorca |
4 |
| Thomson | UK – Cancun |
4 |
Monarch
Monarch flies from 5 UK airports to various sunny holiday destinations. The most delayed routes of July and August were Palma de Mallorca, Dalaman and Malaga.
| Carrier | Route | Delays > 3 hours |
| Monarch | UK – Palma de Mallorca |
6 |
| Monarch | UK – Dalaman |
5 |
| Monarch | UK – Malaga |
4 |
Thomas Cook
Thomas Cook flies from 23 UK airports to various holiday destinations. It had fewer long delays compared to Thomson, Monarch and Jet2. The most delayed routes in July and August with Thomas Cook were Dalaman, Orlando and Cancun.
| Carrier | Route | Delays > 3 hours |
| Thomas Cook | UK – Dalaman |
4 |
| Thomas Cook | UK – Orlando |
3 |
| Thomas Cook | UK – Cancun |
3 |
Jet2
Jet2 is a special UK holiday carrier that has 8 UK bases, and starting spring 2017, will also be flying from London Stansted. Jet2 tops the list of the holiday carrier with the most delays. The top 3 delayed summer routes included Palma de Mallorca that had 14 delays which exceeded three hours.
| Carrier | Route | Delays > 3 hours |
| Jet2 | UK – Palma de Mallorca |
14 |
| Jet2 | UK – Tenerife |
4 |
| Jet2 | UK – Arrecife |
3 |
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