{"id":120560,"date":"2018-10-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/germany-ranks-first-for-most-delayed-and-cancelled-flights-in-2018\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T09:19:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T07:19:13","slug":"germany-ranks-first-for-most-delayed-and-cancelled-flights-in-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/germany-ranks-first-for-most-delayed-and-cancelled-flights-in-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany ranks first for most delayed and cancelled flights in 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Germany ranks first in the European Union for flight delays and cancellations, with nearly 29% of airline flights facing such situations at airports in this country, according to AirHelp data. The United Kingdom and Spain follow in the rankings.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Romania ranks 17th in this ranking. Out of a total of 54,200 flights scheduled between January and September 2018, 11,430 flights recorded delays of more than 15 minutes, while 300 were cancelled. Thus, 21.64% of all flights caused inconvenience to passengers.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Globally, for the first nine months of the year, 8 million passengers are eligible to receive compensation due to flight delays and cancellations.<\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.profit.ro\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Profit<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Which country had the most flight delays in 2018?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Germany ranked first in the European Union, with nearly 29% of flights experiencing delays or cancellations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where did Romania rank in terms of flight disruptions?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Romania ranked 17th, with 21.64% of its 54,200 scheduled flights being delayed or cancelled.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many passengers are eligible for flight compensation?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Approximately 8 million passengers worldwide are eligible for compensation due to flight disruptions in the first nine months of 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Germany ranks first in the European Union for flight delays and cancellations, with nearly 29% of airline flights facing such situations at airports in this country, according to AirHelp data. The United Kingdom and Spain follow in the rankings. Romania ranks 17th in this ranking. Out of a total of 54,200 flights scheduled between January&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":67451,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2856],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-120560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conectivity"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/transport-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120560"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=120560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}