The UK's worst airports for flight delays have been revealed, with Leeds Bradford among the top ten. New statistics show departures from West Midlands airport were an average of 12 minutes and 24 seconds late taking-off in 2021, according to analysis of Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) data.
And Southampton Airport had the second poorest record, followed by Heathrow, Exeter and Aberdeen airports. The unfortunate list takes into account scheduled departures and includes chartered flights too. But cancelled flights were not included in the research conducted by PA Media.
Leeds Bradford airport has one terminal and hosts airlines such as Jet2, TUI and Ryanair and features at number 10 on the list of worst airports. A spokesman for Birmingham Airport, sitting at the top of the list said: "Last year was a dark time for aviation when Birmingham Airport was reduced to just 25% of normal resource and capacity due to Covid. Due to the unique operating environment caused by massive air traffic reductions, the usual pressures did not exist, so flights taking off late were able to catch up en route."
