Palma de Mallorca is the summer destination with the most flight delays

Long queues form and excited crowds emerge at UK airports during summer —the busiest time of the year. Millions of British travellers spend their holidays abroad to indulge themselves in relaxation and sun by the sea. These busy times are often challenging for airports and airlines that transport the passengers to their sunny destinations and back.

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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