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Last autumn, passengers using the two largest airports in Scotland experienced the shortest delays that were seen in more than five years, according to new figures published by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).

BAA Scotland, the operator of both Edinburgh and Glasgow airports, attributed the improved performance – at least partially – to recession-induced capacity cuts, which helped reduce congestion.

Average delays at Edinburgh, which is the busiest airport in the country, dropped by more than 25 per cent, from 14 minutes to 10 minutes, in the period from October through December of last year, as compared with the same three months in 2007.

Eighty-three per cent of all flights at Edinburgh operated within 15 minutes of their scheduled time, which is considered “on time” in the industry. This was an improvement of eight per cent over the previous year.

Glasgow airport reported its best on-time performance since  2004, with passengers waiting no longer than 11 minutes on average – which was three minutes less than in 2007.

David Lister, speaking on behalf of BAA Scotland, said: “This is a great performance which is influenced by our teams and our airline partners’ teams. We will endeavour to do everything we can to maintain this performance.”

Thanks to news.scotsman.com for the above quotes, for more information on this article please visit their website.

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