Scheduled airlines 2006 punctuality figures revealed
Bmi regional was the most punctual scheduled airline in 2006, according to the latest figures from the CAA.
The figures, analysed by www.flightontime.info, showed that the airline averaged delays of 5.2 minutes across the whole year.
British Airways was 19th in the poll, with an average delay of 19.1 minutes
Virgin Atlantic scored even worse, coming 21st in the table with average delays of 26.7 minutes.
The full table was as follows:
Bmi regional 5.1 mins
Eastern Airways 7.6
VLM Airlines 10.5
KLM 10.5
BA Connect 11.2
Lufthansa 12.2
Jet2 12.4
Bmi British Midland 12.7
Swiss Airlines 13.7
Aer Lingus 13.7
Flybe 14.1
Ryanair 15.2
Scandinavian SAS 16.5
Bmi baby 16.7
Flyglobespan 16.9
Monarch scheduled 17.8
Easyjet 18.3
American Airlines 18.5
British Airways 19.1
GB Airways 24
Virgin Atlantic 26.7
At London Heathrow, KLM and KLM Cityhopper were the most punctual airlines, with average delays of 11.61 minutes.
Singapore Airlines was second, with delays of 11.67 minutes, followed by bmi British Midlands (12.81 minutes).
British Airways was 18th in the Heathrow chart, with average delays of 19.24 minutes.
By Bev Fearis
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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