Bad weather sets airport on-time performances back
UK flight punctuality suffered in the first quarter of 2010 thanks largely to bad weather in January, new CAA figures reveal.
At the ten airports monitored by the organisation, on-time performance was achieved by 74% of flights in January to March, 7% lower than the same period last year. On time performance is measured as being early, on time or up to 15 minutes late.
Flight numbers at the airports dropped by 7% over the same compared period.
The CAA says that in the first quarter there were 304,000 scheduled flights and 18,000 charter flights at the ten airports, which is a 6% and 11% fall respectively on last year.
Heathrow’s scheduled flights’ on-time performance fell by 6% and average delay increased by four minutes to 16 minutes.
Gatwick and Luton’s performance fell by 11% and Stansted’s by 5%.
London City achieved on-time performance for three quarters of its flights, 9% lower than last year.
by Dinah Hatch
Dinah
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