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Travel may be back in a big way but the aviation industry is still playing catch-up — particularly at two of Canada’s biggest airports.
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It doesn’t help that the summer months are contributing to staffing issues at airports and on planes, but Toronto Pearson Airport and Montreal-Trudeau International Airport are consistently struggling with delays and cancellations — and have been for months.
The Wall Street Journal compiled data between June 1 and July 24 from flight tracking site FlightAware to uncover which airports across the globe are the worst when it comes to delays and cancellations — and Pearson and Montreal-Trudeau top the list.
Pearson came in at No. 1, which should come as no surprise to anyone who has been in the vicinity of Terminals 1 or Terminal 3.
More than half of the 25,093 departing flights out of Pearson — a whopping 57.1% (14,325) – arrived late at their destinations.
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Things were only a tiny bit less horrible out of Montreal-Trudeau where 52.6% (6,804) of 12,936 recent flights were delayed.
Testing travellers’ patience are European airports, which round out the Top 10.
In third is Germany’s Frankfurt Airport, as 47.9% (14,589) of its recent flights leaving showed up at their destinations past the scheduled arrival times.
Paris’ Charles de Gaulle/Roissy Airport followed in fourth place, while Lisbon’s General Humberto Delgado Airport was close behind, taking the fifth spot.
Another German airport, this time Munich, came in sixth, and Amsterdam Schiphol placed seventh.
Airports in England wrap up the 10 worst with London Heathrow coming in eighth, London Gatwick in ninth, and Manchester Airport at No. 10.
As for airports in the U.S., Chicago Midway International Airport had the worst mark with 38.3% of its flights being delayed, FlightAware said.
If only all airports could be as busy as Tokyo’s Narita International Airport and not cause frustrations like Pearson or Montreal-Trudeau.
Of Narita’s scheduled flights, only 8.3% have been delayed.
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![Airline passengers continue to report major delays at Pearson Airport in Toronto and mountains of luggage both on the tarmac and inside, as is seen here in this photo taken on Sunday, June 26, 2022.]()
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![Yuriy and Natasha Iordakiev say a delayed and then cancelled Air Canada flight from Pearson July 1 left them $6,200 out of pocket and without luggage for a cruise to Alaska.]()
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![People wait in line to check in at Pearson International Airport in Toronto on May 12, 2022.]()
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