MAN to MLA flight delays
Manchester (MAN) Valletta (MLA)
1,224 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority
66.26%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
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When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
18 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. easyJet arrived on time 42 points more often than TUI Airways over the same period on the same route — same airports, same weather, same air traffic control. A gap that survives all of that is about how the two airlines are run.
The season swings this route hard. In February it ran 29.4 points more punctual than in June — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
The two directions do not behave alike. MLA to MAN arrives on time 18.2 points less often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.
This is a late route. Flights from Manchester to Valletta miss their scheduled arrival often enough that a tight connection at the far end is a connection at risk.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, easyJet arrived on time most often on MAN to MLA. TUI Airways was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in March and worst in September.
Every airline on MAN to MLA
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| easyJet | 436 | 86.47% | 0% | — | A |
| Ryanair | 411 | 55.72% | 0% | — | F |
| Jet2 | 204 | 55.88% | 0% | — | F |
| TUI Airways | 126 | 44.44% | 0% | — | F |
| Ryanair UK | 47 | 74.47% | 0% | — | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
MLA to MAN Valletta back to Manchester 48.03% on time FOther routes from Manchester
Common questions
Are flights from Manchester to Valletta usually delayed?
66.26% of flights on the MAN to MLA route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 3 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Manchester to Valletta?
easyJet, at 86.47% on time across 436 flights. The least punctual on the route was TUI Airways at 44.44%.
How often are MAN to MLA flights cancelled?
0% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 1 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Manchester to Valletta?
February, when 83.3% of flights arrived on time. The worst was June at 53.9%.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on MAN to MLA during March 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →