Air travel complaints per 100 flights, by airline, April 2022 to June 2023

Context

  • The tables include airlines with an average of 1 or more complaints per 100 flights to/from/within Canada submitted to the CTA during 1 of the quarterly periods. Airlines that did not meet this criteria, or that did not operate at least 100 flights over the reporting periods, are not included on the list.
  • The complaint data is based on the information submitted by passengers and may not have been reviewed by the CTA at the time of publishing.
  • Complaints are submitted to the CTA after the passenger has attempted to resolve the issue directly with the airline. Airlines have 30 days to respond to the passenger.
  • The data is based on the number of flights by airline and does not reflect the number of passengers per flight or the size of the aircraft.
  • The data used for this dashboard is based on all of the air travel complaints submitted to the CTA; the numbers do not imply whether or not an airline actually met its regulatory requirements.
  • Airlines identified in the complaint may change based on the information supplied by the passenger and the airline during the complaint review process.
  • Complaints related to accessibility are not included in these tables.

Number of complaints per 100 flights operated by Canadian airlines
April 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023, by quarter

Canadian airline Current quarter
Apr to Jun 2023
Jan to Mar 2023 Oct to Dec 2022 Jul to Sep 2022 Apr to Jun 2022 Cumulative average
Apr 2022 to Jun 2023
Air Canada 4.3 5.7 4.1 6.4 1.0 4.3
Air Transat 3.5 4.3 4.5 3.0 1.5 3.4
Flair Airlines 12.6 20.8 13.2 18.4 9.6 14.9
Lynx Air 5.1 4.9 6.6 7.7 2.4 5.3
Nolinor Aviation (OWG) 0.0 1.7 1.0 0.5
Porter Airlines 1.1 0.2
Sunwing Airlines 14.5 17.2 20.9 9.6 8.1 14.1
Swoop 16.6 16.0 11.7 18.7 6.9 14.0
WestJet 6.0 10.6 5.6 6.0 4.0 6.4
Source: The complaints data is compiled by the CTA. The number of flights operated per airline during the time period is provided by a third party (Cirium).
Graphic version of the cumulative average number of complaints per 100 flights operated by Canadian airlines from April 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023

Number of complaints per 100 flights operated by foreign airlines
April 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023, by quarter

Airline Current quarter
Apr to Jun 2023
Jan to Mar 2023 Oct to Dec 2022 Jul to Sep 2022 Apr to Jun 2022 Cumulative average
Apr 2022 to Jun 2023
Aer Lingus 3.3 4.3 4.9 1.1 2.7
Aeroméxico 4.0 3.3 2.2 2.8 2.6 3.0
Air Algérie 7.6 12.0 1.6 2.5 2.6 5.3
Air France 8.5 13.1 11.2 7.8 2.8 8.7
Air India 13.3 14.1 13.8 15.1 13.1 13.9
Air New Zealand 8.3 2.1 1.9 2.4
ALIA – The Royal Jordanian Airline 1.5 3.0 0.9
All Nippon Airways 1.7 3.3 4.9 2.4 2.5
American Airlines 1.4 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.2
Austrian Airlines 11.7 6.9 1.8 4.1
Avianca 3.3 3.4 2.5 1.1 2.8 2.6
Azores Airlines (Sata Internacional) 2.2 6.6 3.6 1.5 1.5 3.1
British Airways 4.1 6.1 6.0 6.6 2.1 5.0
Caribbean Airlines 4.0 2.5 1.3 1.6
Cathay Pacific Airways 8.6 4.9 3.9 6.0 4.7
China Airlines 0.0 1.1 0.2
Condor Flugdienst 3.8 6.7 2.7 2.6
Copa Airlines 3.4 7.3 6.8 5.1 4.3 5.4
Corsair 0.0 2.7 0.5
Delta Air Lines, Inc. 1.4 1.5 1.2 1.0 1.0
Egyptair 25.2 11.9 11.8 15.7 7.9 14.5
Emirates 5.8 7.0 5.3 3.8 6.2 5.6
Ethiopian Airlines 6.9 9.4 8.3 5.3 5.6 7.1
Etihad Airways 22.3 17.4 15.2 15.8 11.5 16.4
Eva Airways 1.9 3.9 1.9 1.5
Icelandair 2.0 3.6 1.4 1.4
Japan Airlines 2.2 4.4 2.2 1.8
JetBlue 0.0 4.0 2.8 1.4
K.L.M. Royal Dutch Airlines 4.6 9.5 8.0 3.4 3.3 5.7
Korean Air 1.1 0.2
LOT Polish Airlines 3.2 4.4 5.3 4.5 2.2 3.9
Lufthansa German Airlines 13.3 86.0 52.1 13.2 4.5 33.8
Pakistan International Airlines 5.9 11.5 4.4 1.6 4.7
Philippine Airlines 9.5 6.8 4.8 3.9 3.2 5.6
Qatar Airways 29.9 25.7 24.5 33.0 19.2 26.5
Royal Air Maroc 30.6 32.8 26.8 14.9 13.0 23.6
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) 0.0 5.0 1.0
Swiss International Air Lines 6.7 10.9 12.7 6.3 7.3
TAP Air Portugal 9.8 17.4 13.8 13.1 11.2 13.1
Turkish Airlines 16.6 20.0 15.2 16.1 14.1 16.4
United Airlines 1.1 1.7 1.0 1.2 1.0
Source: The complaints data is compiled by the CTA. The number of flights operated per airline during the time period is provided by a third party (Cirium).
Graphic version of the cumulative average number of complaints per 100 flights operated by foreign airlines from April 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023
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