delay
One speaks of a delay when people, events or means of transport do not arrive at the expected, agreed or scheduled time, but later. This can happen, for example, if someone does not show up for a doctor's appointment until after the agreed time, spring sets in on a date after the usual start, or the take-off of an aircraft is delayed. The term "delay" denotes both the event of the delayed occurrence and the time interval between expected and actual occurrence.
Transport delay
Delay is a category of traffic statistics . Depending on the means of transport , different punctuality standards are applied. In the public information systems of Deutsche Bahn , a train is usually only considered to be delayed if it arrives later than five minutes and 59 seconds according to the timetable . However, delays of 90 seconds or more must be documented internally. To avoid mix-ups, trains at DB Netz may only be delayed by between -3 and 20 hours. In air traffic, the European aviation safety authority Eurocontrol only records a delay after fifteen minutes. A canceled flight is not counted as a delay in the statistics.
A common distinction is made between primary delays (caused, for example, by weather influences, accidents, technical problems, etc.) and secondary or consequential delays (caused by a train being dependent on a delayed train). In practice, a few small primary delays can lead to a large number of subsequent delays.
After a certain delay, the passenger can be entitled to compensation payments. This is regulated for air traffic by corresponding passenger rights ; for rail traffic , passenger rights in Germany are standardized by the Passenger Rights Ordinance Application Act .
Delayed flight connections
An analysis by the US statistics company Flightstats showed for the first half of 2013 that around 25 percent of the 1.1 million worldwide flight connections with around 250 million passengers were delayed by around 15 minutes or more. The main reasons are the increase in global air traffic and resource bottlenecks at many airports. The low-cost airlines do better because they usually start from small regional airports with sufficient capacity and mostly offer direct connections so that the planes do not have to wait for connecting flights. According to the Air Passenger Rights Ordinance , the passenger is entitled to compensation of up to € 600, depending on the length of the delay and the distance.
| airline | Share of unpunctual flights worldwide |
|---|---|
| Air China | 40.6% |
| Etihad Airways | 35.9% |
| Emirates | 33.5% |
| British Airways | 29.6% |
| Air France-KLM | 20.8% |
|
Lufthansa Group (Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines , Swiss ) |
20.0% (= 64,752 flights) |
| air Berlin | 18.3% |
| Easyjet | 13.0% |
| Ryanair | 8.0% |
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Deutsche Bahn measures passenger punctuality. In: train travel blog. March 11, 2019, accessed on May 22, 2019 (German).
- ↑ DB-Ril 420.9001 (3) paragraph 8.
- ↑ DB-Ril 420.0214.