Thank you for the question.
I appreciate the invitation to refer to colleagues when necessary.
Mr. Chair, the member is exactly right. There has been some significant progress. Starting around the third week of July the numbers began to turn. There were very high rates of cancellations and delays at that time. We've seen some significant improvements.
I'll give you an example. Toronto Pearson is down to 2% cancellations in the last week. Vancouver is down to 1.5%. Montreal-Trudeau is 2.7% and Calgary is 0.6%.
That's slightly higher but running in the neighbourhood of the rate of cancellations we saw before COVID. The cancelled flight rates, which were at one point well over 10%, have come way down to about normal rates, or slightly above.
In terms of on-time performance, there have been significant improvements across the system from the summer. The rate of delays has come down significantly. It is still staying a little bit higher than before 2019. It's part of the system continuing to come into balance.
There was a point in the summer when Canadian airports were in a tough position relative to other airports. Their relative performance has improved as we've come into the fall. The system is generally getting to a better passenger experience, where you're much more likely to get to the destination and much less likely to be delayed in the process therein.