New research has revealed the worst airlines for delays when leaving UK airports last year, with the average delay time across airlines sitting at eight and a half minutes per flight.
Wizz Air was the worst airline for flight delays as the Hungarian carrier’s UK departures were found to be 14 minutes and 24 seconds behind schedule on average.
The findings were revealed through analysis of Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) data by the PA news agency. This comes after Aberdeen and Glasgow Airport were found to be in the UK's top 10 worst for delays last year, coming in at fifth and ninth respectively.
TUI Airways recorded the second worst punctuality, with an average delay of 13 minutes and 18 seconds.
This was followed by British Airways (12 minutes and 42 seconds) – including its subsidiary BA CityFlyer – Virgin Atlantic (12 minutes) and Loganair (11 minutes and 30 seconds).
The two most used airlines by UK passengers, easyJet and Ryanair, were among the leading performers in terms of punctuality.
EasyJet had the second shortest average delay per flight of four minutes and 36 seconds, while Ryanair was in third place with six minutes and six seconds.
The analysis took into account all scheduled and chartered departures from UK airports by airlines with more than 2,500 flights. Cancelled flights were not included.
List of average airline delays
- Wizz Air: 14 minutes and 24 seconds
- Tui Airways: 13 minutes and 18 seconds
- British Airways: 12 minutes and 42 seconds
- Virgin Atlantic: 12 minutes
- Loganair: 11 minutes and 30 seconds
- Air France: 11 minutes and 12 seconds
- Lufthansa: 10 minutes
- KLM: Eight minutes and 42 seconds
- Eastern Airways: Seven minutes and 48 seconds
- Jet2.com: Seven minutes and 42 seconds
- American Airlines: Seven minutes
- Ryanair: Six minutes and six seconds
- EasyJet: Four minutes and 36 seconds
- Aer Lingus: Three minutes and 12 seconds
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