Nearly a third of all flights in the UK suffered from delays during spring this year, according to new figures.
The Civil Aviation Authority figures for ten of Britain’s major airports showed delays were far worse than those during the same April-June period of 2006.
Only 68 per cent of scheduled airlines operated on time (defined as early to 15 minutes late) at the 10 monitored UK airports, compared to 72 per cent in the same quarter of 2006.
The worst culprit was London City, where only 65 per cent of scheduled flights were on time – down 7 per cent from last year.
Only Stansted and Luton showed any improvement with regards to scheduled flights, both recording a 2 per cent rise to 73 per cent and 67 per cent respectively.
The CAA found that the average delay across all ten airports rose slightly from 24 minutes in the second quarter of 2006 to 25 minutes in the second quarter of 2007.
Meanwhile Gatwick and Luton saw an improvement in charter flight punctuality (the only two airports to do so) by 3 per cent to 68 per cent and 70 per cent respectively, while Birmingham Airport maintained its on-time performance .
Overall, the best performing airport in the UK was Leeds Bradford, which had both the highest on-time performance (89 per cent) and the shortest average delay (5 minutes) among the top 75 global destinations.
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