🇩🇪 Flight delays in Germany
100 graded routes · 0 airports · March 2025 – August 2026
Where these figures come from
Germany’s own regulator does not publish punctuality data
These figures come from the UK Civil Aviation Authority, which reports every flight at its own end of the route — whichever airline operates it. So this is not a picture of all air travel in Germany — domestic flights within Germany, and its routes to countries that publish nothing, are absent.
What the record shows
On Germany routes the airlines separate clearly: British Airways arrived on time 11.1 points more often than Ryanair. Both fly the same corridors into the same airports, so the difference is in how each is run rather than where each flies.
Because these flights are counted at the other end of the route, the picture is partial by construction. Domestic flying inside Germany does not appear, and neither do its routes to countries that publish nothing. What is here is accurate; it is simply not everything.
Airlines flying to and from Germany
Ranked by flights on Germany routes. The on-time rate here is each airline's record on those routes only — not its record everywhere, which is on its own page.
| Airline | Flights | On time on these routes |
|---|---|---|
| Lufthansa | 30,055 | 73.4% |
| British Airways | 25,769 | 80.4% |
| Ryanair | 18,377 | 69.3% |
| Eurowings | 18,147 | 72.1% |
| easyJet | 10,872 | 71.1% |
| BA CityFlyer | 4,359 | 77.8% |
| Ryanair UK | 834 | 79.7% |
| Condor | 548 | 80.1% |
| easyJet Europe | 407 | 70.1% |
| Jet2 | 221 | 69.7% |
Busiest Germany routes
Common questions
Which airline is most punctual on Germany routes?
British Airways, at 80.4% on time across 25,769 flights on those routes. The least punctual was Ryanair at 69.3%.
Does Germany publish flight delay data?
No. Germany publishes no punctuality data of its own. The figures here come from the UK Civil Aviation Authority, which reports every flight at its own end of the route — so domestic flying inside Germany is not covered.
Can I claim compensation for a delayed flight from Germany?
Yes. Germany is covered by EC 261, so a flight departing it — on any airline — can be worth roughly €250 to €600 after an arrival delay of three hours or more, unless the cause was an extraordinary circumstance such as severe weather.