CAA issue punctuality figures

According to the UK Civil Aviation Authority in the fourth quarter of 2011, 80% of scheduled flights were on-time, up from 68% in the fourth quarter of 2010.  Average delay also fell from 21 minutes to just 11.  A significant punctuality improvement was seen at all monitored airports.  These results, together with other punctuality improvements in previous quarters, mean that over the whole of 2011, 80% of scheduled flights were on-time, up from 73% in 2010.

On-time performance (defined as early to 15 minutes late) at London airports increased by 13 percentage points to 80% and the average delay fell by 10 minutes to 11 minutes, between the final quarter of 2010 and the final quarter of 2011.  The biggest increase in on-time performance was seen at Stansted, by 16 percentage points to 85%.  Gatwick and Luton had the biggest reductions in average delay (12 minutes).  Heathrow’s improved by 12 percentage points and its average delay fell by nine minutes.  London City’s on-time performance rose by seven percentage points and its average delay fell by six minutes.

In the regions delay fell by seven minutes at Manchester, eight minutes at Edinburgh, nine minutes at Glasgow, 11 minutes at Birmingham and 13 minutes at Newcastle. www.caa.co.uk

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