Eastern Airways is most punctual

According to information reviewed by flightontime.info, the most punctual airline in the UK over the past year is the lesser known Eastern Airways.

The airline pipped bmi regional and Air Berlin as the most ‘on time’ airline flying scheduled flights from Britain. In the past three months bmibaby topped the list for the least delay time, followed by Flybe and Ryanair in the budget category. The overall average delay for these airlines was less than 10 minutes.

Travellers on the popular route to Edinburgh from London will want to favour easyjet after statistics revealed they were the most efficient operator, time-wise on this competitive service.

The Civil Aviation Authority’s statistics covered flight services at a number of British principal gateways, including Manchester, Birmingham, Gatwick and Heathrow.

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