Summer 2023, Aeroitalia was the airline with the least disruption in Italian skies and Wizz Air the worst

Looking forward to the annual report, which analyzes airline disruptions for delayed flights and compensable canceled flights According to the European regulations 261/2004, ItaliaRimbursement studied the disruptions that affected passengers in Italy during July and August.

It has been a very busy two months, with millions of Italians choosing air travel to spend their summer vacation, with various disruptions. Obviously excluded from this report was the exceptional circumstance that affected Catania airport because of the fire.

The numbers of delays in the summer months

The 67.5% of air disruptions encountered in the two months indicated refers to Flights delayed at least three hours, compared to the time originally scheduled for landing and therefore compensable with the monetary compensation of 250, 400 or 600 euros per individual passenger. A crescendo of delays: suffice it to recall, that according to the ItaliaRimbursement study of 2022, delayed flights stood at 54%. Fewer cancellations then for passengers: the numbers state that we have gone from 43.7% in the same period analyzed last year to 32.5% in the last two months.

77% of the disruptions recorded in July and August were to the detriment of passengers of the three major low-cost carriers operating in the Italian skies: Wizzair, Ryanair and Easyjet. In fourth place in this special ranking ITA Airways, which weighed 11.57% of the total.

The company, on the other hand, that has produced the least number of disruptions is Aeroitalia with the minimum percentage of 0.5%. A marked improvement for the Italian airline after its debut in summer 2022. Suffice it to say that in the same period last year, its index was 2.8%. Therefore, it can be said that in the current summer, Aeroitalia produced airline disruptions for canceled flights and delayed flights compensable to passengers by less than one-fifth compared to last summer, thus giving more reliability to its travelers.

The top 10 delays

Below is the ranking with airline disruptions analyzed by ItaliaRimbursement for the months of July and August.

1. Wizzair 30.94%
2. Ryanair 28.05%
3. Easyjet 18.23%
4. Ita Airways 11.57%
5. Volotea 3.78%
6. Neos 1.89%
7. Vueling 1.76%
8. Dat 1.76%
9. Transavia 1.51%
10. Aeroitalia 0.50%

With a sparse fleet of aircraft and busy routes to the islands. the performance of the newest of the Italian airlines is definitely an excellent result that bodes well for the continuation of operations in view also of the many new routes and new aircraft planned for the fleet.

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