49% of Air Canada, WestJet flights landed on time this summer
Air Canada and WestJet saw travel demand surge this summer from pandemic lows, but just half of the more than 153,000 flights flown during this period landed on time or within 15 minutes of their scheduled arrival time. Between June 1 and Sept. 5 this year, Air Canada had scheduled 109,097 flights while WestJet had 52,646 scheduled flights, according to data from Cirium, an aviation analytics company. While both airlines reduced capacity and flew fewer flights in the summer of 2022 than during the same period in 2019 – Air Canada flew 159,367 flights and WestJet 68,965 – both also saw delays surge. Cirium says that 43% of Air Canada's flights landed on time this summer, while 61% of WestJet's flights were on time. Prior to the pandemic, Cirium says the on-time rate was 70% for Air Canada and 84% for WestJet. This summer saw chaos at some of the country's biggest airports, as the surge in pent-up travel demand combined with labour shortages and processing issues led to a wave of cancellations and delays. Air Canada cut thousands of flights from its schedule between July and August – an average of 154 flights per day – in the wake of airline disruptions that the company's chief executive Michael Rousseau called "complex and unavoidable" at the time. WestJet chief executive Alexis von Honesbroech also said the company made a series of proactive cuts – the bulk of which were at Toronto's Pearson airport – ahead of the summer in anticipation of airport delays. Canadian airlines flew nearly 60,000 fewer flights this summer compared to before the pandemic struck, but cancellations doubled as the industry grappled with surging demand and labour shortages. Air Canada flew the most flights and had the worst cancellation rate among Canadian airlines, with 6.7% of scheduled flights (7,353 flights) being cancelled over the summer. Flair Airlines had a cancellation rate of 4.5% (324 flights), followed by Swoop with a cancellation rate of 3.4% (158 flights) and WestJet with 2.4% of scheduled flights cancelled this summer (1,254 flights).<br/>
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49% of Air Canada, WestJet flights landed on time this summer
Air Canada and WestJet saw travel demand surge this summer from pandemic lows, but just half of the more than 153,000 flights flown during this period landed on time or within 15 minutes of their scheduled arrival time. Between June 1 and Sept. 5 this year, Air Canada had scheduled 109,097 flights while WestJet had 52,646 scheduled flights, according to data from Cirium, an aviation analytics company. While both airlines reduced capacity and flew fewer flights in the summer of 2022 than during the same period in 2019 – Air Canada flew 159,367 flights and WestJet 68,965 – both also saw delays surge. Cirium says that 43% of Air Canada's flights landed on time this summer, while 61% of WestJet's flights were on time. Prior to the pandemic, Cirium says the on-time rate was 70% for Air Canada and 84% for WestJet. This summer saw chaos at some of the country's biggest airports, as the surge in pent-up travel demand combined with labour shortages and processing issues led to a wave of cancellations and delays. Air Canada cut thousands of flights from its schedule between July and August – an average of 154 flights per day – in the wake of airline disruptions that the company's chief executive Michael Rousseau called "complex and unavoidable" at the time. WestJet chief executive Alexis von Honesbroech also said the company made a series of proactive cuts – the bulk of which were at Toronto's Pearson airport – ahead of the summer in anticipation of airport delays. Canadian airlines flew nearly 60,000 fewer flights this summer compared to before the pandemic struck, but cancellations doubled as the industry grappled with surging demand and labour shortages. Air Canada flew the most flights and had the worst cancellation rate among Canadian airlines, with 6.7% of scheduled flights (7,353 flights) being cancelled over the summer. Flair Airlines had a cancellation rate of 4.5% (324 flights), followed by Swoop with a cancellation rate of 3.4% (158 flights) and WestJet with 2.4% of scheduled flights cancelled this summer (1,254 flights).<br/>
