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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 http://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:
1. Bmi regional 5.1 mins
2. Eastern Airways 7.6
3. VLM Airlines 10.5
4. KLM 10.5
5. BA Connect 11.2
6. Lufthansa 12.2
7. Jet2 12.4
8. Bmi British Midland 12.7
9. Swiss Airlines 13.7
10. Aer Lingus 13.7
11. Flybe 14.1
12. Ryanair 15.2
13. Scandinavian SAS 16.5
14. Bmi Baby 16.7
15. Flyglobespan 16.9
16. Monarch Scheduled 17.8
17. Easyjet 18.3
18. American Airlines 18.5
19. British Airways 19.1
20. GB Airways 24.0
21. Virgin Atlantic 26.7At 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
Is it suprising to see BA/Virgin as low as this? To be quite honest I am shocked…I would of expected more of the low-cost operators to experience longer delays!
By: BigVince76 - 5th April 2007 at 11:42
BMI did alright at LHR so there has to be more to it than that.
By: tenthije - 3rd April 2007 at 20:19
Is it suprising to see BA/Virgin as low as this? To be quite honest I am shocked…I would of expected more of the low-cost operators to experience longer delays!
Surely it is not that surprising. Frequent travellers will all know you are more likely to be delayed at LHR then you are at BRS (to name but one). With BA and VS both having mayor operations at LHR, as soon as there is a problem there BA and VS will suffer badly. Combine that with the industrial actions at BA last year (e.g. caterers) and you got a recipe for bad ratings.
What I would like to know is how these figures where derived. Did they count the averages delay of delayed flights only, or the average delay of all flights! If the latter then the situation for BA is worse then I expected.
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April 3, 2007 at 6:41 pm