One in three flights from this airline arrive late
It was Meatloaf who said, “Two out of three ain’t bad.” But when it comes to arriving at your destination on time, there’s plenty of air travellers who’d like better odds.
A survey of major airlines which covered over 850,000 flights last year examined the “on-time” performance of flights in and out of the UK. And the results are staggering.
The survey found one in three easyJet flights arrived at least 15 minutes late last year, with only 66 per cent of the arrivals meeting industry definition of “on-time”.
Richard Headland, editor of Which? magazine, said: “Flight delays are one of the most annoying things about travelling. These figures show just how frequently flights fail to reach their destination on time.”
A spokesperson for easyJet told The Independent: "easyJet operates the largest number of flights per year of any UK airline and operates in the busiest airports and most congested airspace in Europe.
“Our own data shows easyJet’s network punctuality was 76 per cent in 2016 and is at 80 per cent for 2017.
"We have a continuous focus on punctuality as we know it is important to our customers."
Top of the table overall was the Dutch airline KLM with 88 per cent on time, while the worst performers overall were Norwegian (60 per cent), Icelandair (56) and Air Transat of Canada (55).
Have you flown with any of these carriers?