East Midlands Airport has been ranked as having one of the shortest wait times in the UK. It comes after data from the Civil Aviation Authority shows EMA is one of the best for flight delays.
The airport is ranked as having the sixth shortest wait times out of 24 airports. Passengers at EMA wait an average of six minutes for their flights to depart.
Derbyshire Live reports this is the same amount of time as those flying from London Stansted. Birmingham Airport has the worst flight punctuality leaving passengers waiting 12 minutes and 24 seconds.
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Southampton is at 12 minutes. The statistics take into account all scheduled and chartered departures. Cancelled flights were not included in the investigation carried out by PA media.
In recent months, Heathrow Airport has been hit by hundreds of cancellations. Just last week British Airways announced they would be axing 10,300 flights.
Heathrow has been bearing the brunt of staff shortages as the aviation industry is getting back on its feet following the pandemic. Passengers have been witnessing mountains of luggage and delays.
Leader board of average flight delay times by UK airports in full (longest to shortest):
1. Birmingham (12 minutes and 24 seconds)
2. Southampton (12 minutes)
3. Heathrow (11 minutes and 48 seconds)
4. Exeter (11 minutes and 12 seconds)
5. Aberdeen (10 minutes and 36 seconds)
6. Doncaster Sheffield (10 minutes and 18 seconds)
7. Luton (nine minutes and 42 seconds)
8. Manchester (nine minutes and 30 seconds)
9. Glasgow (eight minutes and 30 seconds)
10. Leeds Bradford (seven minutes and 42 seconds)
11. Newcastle (seven minutes and 24 seconds)
12. Bournemouth (seven minutes and 18 seconds)
13. Edinburgh (seven minutes and 12 seconds)
14. Liverpool (John Lennon) (seven minutes and six seconds)
15. Cardiff (six minutes and 48 seconds)
16. London City (six minutes and 12 seconds)
17. Bristol (six minutes and six seconds)
18. Stansted (six minutes)
19. East Midlands International (six minutes)
20. Gatwick (five minutes and 54 seconds)
21. Belfast City (George Best) (four minutes and 54 seconds)
22. Teesside International (four minutes and 48 seconds)
23. Belfast International (four minutes and 30 seconds)
24. Southend (two minutes and 48 seconds)
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