Air travel complaints per 100 flights – by airline – July 2024 to June 2025

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. Data from previous quarters is adjusted when complaints are identified as incorrect submissions.
  • 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.

Note: On September 30, 2023, Parliament gave the CTA the power to enhance and simplify the way it handles air travel complaints. This includes a more detailed complaint form that guides the passenger on the criteria for eligible complaints. The result is that fewer invalid or ineligible complaints may be submitted, which could impact the comparability between quarters.


Number of complaints per 100 flights operated by Canadian airlines

July 2024 to June 2025, by quarter

Airline FY 2025–26
April to June
(Q1)
FY 2024–25 Average
January to March
(Q4)
October to December
(Q3)
July to September
(Q2)
Air Canada 4.3 5.7 4.2 5.5 4.9
Air Liaison N/A N/A
Air Transat 4.2 3.6 4.8 4.7 4.3
Central Mountain Air N/A 1.5 1.5
Flair Airlines 10.4 16.5 13.5 16.0 14.1
Porter Airlines 1.8 1.9 1.1 1.5 1.6
Sunwing Airlines N/A 16.0 5.6 14.8 12.1
WestJet 3.8 6.8 6.0 7.6 6.0

Notes:

  • N/A denotes that the metric could not be reported due to unavailability of data at time of publication
  • A blank entry with "—" indicates that the carrier did not meet the reporting criteria for the quarter

Source: The complaints data is compiled by the CTA. The number of flights operated per airline during the time period is provided by third party sources (Cirium and Transport Canada).

Bar graph: cumulative average number of complaints per 100 flights operated by Canadian airlines from July 2024 to June 2025

Number of complaints per 100 flights operated by foreign airlines

July 2024 to June 2025, by quarter

Airline FY 2025–26
April to June
(Q1)
FY 2024–25 Average
January to March
(Q4)
October to December
(Q3)
July to September
(Q2)
Aer Lingus 5.5 3.7 5.6 5.4 5.0
Aeroméxico 2.1 3.1 2.7 2.1 2.5
Air Algérie 11.1 7.4 10.3 7.7 9.1
Air China 5.8 3.9 4.8
Air France 7.4 15.6 14.0 11.0 12.0
Air India N/A 23.0 21.8 18.8 21.2
Air New Zealand 5.5 5.7 1.9 3.1 4.1
ALIA – The Royal Jordanian Airlines 4.4 4.6 5.6 5.2 5.0
All Nippon Airways 2.2 2.2
American Airlines 2.4 2.8 1.8 4.0 2.7
Arajet 24.3 16.9 8.8 6.3 14.1
Austrian Airlines 4.3 10.8 10.6 5.5 7.8
Avianca 4.3 5.4 4.3 4.4 4.6
Azores Airlines (Sata Internacional) N/A 4.6 10.7 4.3 6.5
British Airways 2.1 4.1 5.6 4.1 4.0
Caribbean Airlines N/A 1.4 1.4
Cathay Pacific Airways 1.8 1.7 1.4 2.5 1.9
China Airlines 1.1 1.1 2.7 2.2 1.8
China Southern Airlines 1.9 1.9
Condor Flugdienst 2.0 12.6 4.5 6.4
Copa Airlines 2.2 3.3 2.8
Corsair 5.7 5.7
Delta Air Lines, Inc. 1.2 1.0 1.3 1.2
Discover Airlines 3.1 2.1 2.6
Egyptair 32.4 26.4 30.5 16.5 26.4
Emirates 8.9 9.7 6.0 7.1 7.9
Ethiopian Airlines 3.9 8.9 4.9 5.4 5.8
Etihad Airways 12.1 17.2 12.9 10.9 13.3
Eva Airways 2.2 1.4 1.4 2.7 1.9
Icelandair 2.9 1.3 2.1
ITA Airways 3.8 3.0 3.4
Japan Airlines 1.7 1.7
JetBlue 2.7 3.2 3.0
K.L.M. Royal Dutch Airlines 4.4 9.7 7.8 5.5 6.8
Korean Air 1.3 1.9 1.8 1.7
LOT Polish Airlines 8.7 10.8 14.8 7.9 10.5
Lufthansa German Airlines 7.6 12.9 15.8 11.8 12.0
Pakistan International Airlines 3.0 3.8 5.9 4.2
Philippine Airlines 3.8 2.8 6.7 8.4 5.4
Play Airlines 3.8 2.0 1.2 2.3
Qatar Airways 22.5 39.6 29.9 26.1 29.5
Royal Air Maroc N/A 21.6 29.3 28.5 26.5
Saudia N/A 26.5 20.8 11.9 19.7
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) N/A 3.0 3.0
Swiss International Air Lines 1.9 6.1 8.1 7.3 5.9
TAP Air Portugal N/A 1.8 2.3 1.6 1.9
Tunisair 24.5 24.5
Turkish Airlines 17.3 24.0 19.7 22.9 21.0
United Airlines 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.4
ZIPAIR N/A 7.3 12.3 4.2 7.9

Notes:

  • N/A denotes that the metric could not be reported due to unavailability of data at time of publication
  • A blank entry with "—" indicates that the carrier did not meet the reporting criteria for the quarter

Source: The complaints data is compiled by the CTA. The number of flights operated per airline during the time period is provided by third party sources (Cirium and Transport Canada).

Bar graph: cumulative average number of complaints per 100 flights operated by foreign airlines from July 2024 to June 2025
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