The punctuality of flights at most UK airports during the spring months deteriorated, according to figures from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
During April to June the overall on-time performance, defined as early to 15 minutes late, of scheduled airlines at the ten UK airports monitored by the CAA fell by three percentage points, from 75 per cent to 72 per cent, compared with the same period in 2005.
The performance of charter flights over the same period did improve, although it was by just one percentage point, with 69 per cent of flights considered to be on time.
The only two airports where scheduled flight times improved were Birmingham and Edinburgh. Luton Airport saw its punctuality figures fall by 13 per cent.
The CAA report also looked at which routes were the worst performing, with passengers on scheduled flights to Nice, New York (JFK), Athens, New York (Newark) and Mumbai enduring an on-time performance of less than 60 per cent.
All of these destinations, together with Toronto, Los Angeles and Warsaw had the highest average delays of 20 minutes or more for scheduled destinations.
