The study enabled to look, on a specific airport (Toulouse Blagnac), at the delay patterns. A thorough statistical analysis has been carried out and shows that: 1.most of the inbound flights with an arrival delay are not able to recover it on their subsequent flights; and2.delays in Toulouse, when extraordinary events do not happen, are quite predictable, depending on the city-pair, the arrival delay, number of passengers on board, etc?
Toulouse-Blagnac Delay Model - Synthesis of the Study
This study has been conducted in partnership with the Direction de l'Aviation Civile-Sud.