CAA reveals which are the most delayed flights
Passengers flying to Dubai are most likely to suffer delays while those heading to Toronto will be held up for longest, according to the latest Civil Aviation Authority statistics.
They reveal that in the first quarter of this year, among the 75 international destinations with the most scheduled passengers, flights to and from Dubai recorded the worst on-time performance of just 66%.
Overall, the on-time performance of scheduled flights across the UK’s 10 major airports was 82%, the same as last year.
From January to March 2012, flights to and from Toronto had the highest average delay of 20 minutes, twice as long as the average.
Flights to and from Rotterdam were the most punctual, with an on-time performance of 93% and the lowest average delay of five minutes.
During the first quarter of this year, there was a 2% drop in scheduled flights to 307,000 and a 6.4% drop in 11,000 charter passenger flights compared with the same period of 2011.
CAA group director for regulatory policy Iain Osborne said: "It is excellent to see that airlines have managed to maintain their record performance this year, but given the decline in flight numbers, we might have hoped to see punctuality improving even further."
By Linsey McNeill
Linsey McNeill
Editor Linsey McNeill has been writing about travel for more than three decades. Bylines include The Times, Telegraph, Observer, Guardian and Which? plus the South China Morning Post. She also shares insider tips on thetraveljournalist.co.uk
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