Would-be travellers around the world are experiencing immense inconvenience at most airports this summer due to a series of circumstances that have turned air travel into a Golgotha.
The return of passengers after two years of pandemic, increased tourist traffic, soaring transport costs by other means combined with huge staff shortages at airports are some of the causes that have caused chaos at many airports, with delays, long queues and cancellations becoming more and more intense.
Seven of the 10 most delayed airports worldwide this summer - ranked by the percentage of scheduled flights delayed - are in Europe, according to FlightAware data.
Unfortunately, the Athens International Airport «El.Venizelos» is also on the list.
The 10 airports with the most delays this summer
- Toronto Pearson International Airport (Canada): 52.5%
- Frankfurt Airport (Germany): 45.4%
- Paris Charles de Gaulle airport (France): 43.2%
- Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (Netherlands): 41.5%
- London Gatwick Airport (UK): 41.1%
- Heathrow Airport (UK): 40.5%
- Munich Airport (Germany): 40.4%
- Athens International Airport (Greece): 37,9%
- Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport (Australia): 34.2%
- Orlando International Airport (United States): 33.4%
(Rankings are derived from FlightAware data from 26 May to 19 July)
Airports with the most summer flight cancellations
1. Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport (China): 7.9%
2. Newark Liberty International Airport (USA): 7.4%
3. LaGuardia Airport (USA): 7%
4. Toronto Pearson International Airport (Canada): 6.5%
5. Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (Indonesia): 6.2%
6. Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport (Australia): 5.9%
7. Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (China): 5.2%
8. Ronald Reagan National Airport (USA): 5%
9. Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport (China): 4.6%
10. Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (Netherlands): 3.9%
