UK flight punctuality improves
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UK flight punctuality improved 3% in the second quarter of this year compared to the same quarter in 2012, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has announced.
Around 81% of scheduled flights were on-time in Q2 2013 with Birmingham Airport registering the biggest improvement of 6%. Heathrow showed the lowest on-time performance of 77% followed by Gatwick at 79%.
The average delay went down one minute to 11 minutes.
“All passengers using UK airports are entitled to expect their flight to get them to their destination on time, so it’s pleasing to see that punctuality has improved,” said Iain Osborne, group director for regulatory policy at the CAA.
“However, these figures also show that many passengers still experienced delays this spring, so there is clearly more work to do to minimise disruption. We therefore want to see airlines, airports and air traffic control building on recent performance and working together to further increase flight punctuality and improve the experience of passengers flying in and out of UK airports,” he added.
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