Bristol Airport has been ranked the eighth best airport in the country for flight punctuality, despite dozens of complaints from passengers of lengthy delays and flight cancellations in the last few months.
New research shows that in 2021, the average delay per flight at the airport was six minutes and six seconds. This means it had the eighth lowest delays time of any airport in the country for that year.
The best was Southend, which had an average delays of two minutes and 48 seconds, while the worst was Birmingham, which fell in 24th place with delays of 12 minutes and 24 seconds.
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It comes despite repeated reports from Bristol Airport passengers about their experience of flying there. Some travellers have complained of 'carnage', with reports of people having flights delayed by more than 20 hours.
Bristol Airport has repeatedly apologised for delays and has blamed them on staff shortages and post-pandemic demand. A spokesperson for the airport previously told Bristol Live: "We've been working hard to meet the post Covid challenges, including recruiting and training over 300 new colleagues, making additional overtime payments, and our entire management team working in frontline roles each week."
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