September 2020 Network traffic fell by 54.1% in September 2020 (compared to September 2019) due to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. Amsterdam Schiphol was the busiest airport, followed by Charles de Gaulle, Frankfurt Main, Heathrow and airport. Ryanair was the busiest carrier, followed by EasyJet and .

Average Delay per Flight on Departure (mins) - September Average Delay per Flight on Arrival (mins) - September 2020 2020 30 30

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In September 2020 the average delay per flight on departure was 11.2 minutes per flight. In September 2020 the average delay per flight on arrival was 3.7 minutes per flight. This was a decrease of 2.7 minutes per flight when compared to September 2019 where the This was a decrease of 9.1 minutes per flight when compared to September 2019 where the average average delay per flight was 13.9 minutes. delay per flight was 12.8 minutes.

Further analysis of the delay causes shows that reactionary delay contributed 1.1 minutes to the average delay per flight in September 2020.

Departure Delay Causes - September 2020 Grouped Departure Delay Causes - September 2020 2019 2020 6 16

14 13.9 5

12 Airline 11.2 4 ATFM 10 Airport ATFM En-Rte 3 ATFM 8 7.7 Weather 0.9 Other 6.5 Airport 6 2 Other 3.4 Weather

4 3.4 Average Delay / Flight (mins) Average Delay / Flight (mins) 1 1.8 1.5 0.9 2 1.5 1.8 1.1 0.9 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.2 0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 0 Airline 2019 ATFM 2019 Airport 2019 Weather 2019 Reactionary ATFM En Route Other Weather Miscellaneous Other Airport Airline 2020 ATFM 2020 Airport 2020 Weather 2020 Airline ATFM Airport Government ATFM Weather TOTAL

The First Look at Delays is based on partial airline data to be updated once the full dataset is available. Current CODA Coverage of IFR Flights in ECAC September 2020: 47.7% Date of publication: 22/10/2020 Eurocontrol TLP status: White (Public Information) All Causes Departure Punctuality - September 2020 All Causes Arrival Punctuality - September 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020 60% 60%

50% 50% 45.1

40% 37.5 40% 38.6 36.2 34.8

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23.8 24.4 24.0 20% 20% 19.4

Fraction of Flights Fraction of Flights 16.0 14.1 12.5 11.4 9.1 10% 8.0 10% 8.5 7.5 6.1 4.7 4.5 3.0 2.9 2.2 0.6 1.6 0.9 1.1 0.9 0% 0% Adv > 15 Adv 5-15 On Time Del 5-15 Del 16-30 Del 31-60 Del > 60 Adv > 15 Adv 5-15 On Time Del 5-15 Del 16-30 Del 31-60 Del > 60

In September 2020, 37.5% of the flights departed within the 5 minutes threshold before or after the In September 2020, 16.0% of the flights arrived within the 5 minutes threshold before or after the scheduled departure time (STD); an increase of 1.3 scheduled arrival time (STA); a decrease of 8.0 points from 24.0% compared to previous year. points from 36.2% compared to previous year. Flights delayed >30 minutes from all-causes Flights delayed >30 minutes from all-causes decreased from 11.9% to 2.0%. decreased from 12.7% to 2.4%.

Average daily flights for ECAC. All flows Long Departure Delays All-Causes 40K 5%

35K 4% 30K >60 mins >120 25K 3% mins 2020 >180 20K 2019 mins 2% >240 15K mins IFR Flights/Day >300 mins

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