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Which airline is most likely to get you there on time?
28/09/2012
The latest airline punctuality league table has just been published by Flightontime.info, it rates the punctuality of the top 35 airlines according to the percentage of their flights that arrive or depart on time and the average length of delay. If you are planning a holiday it might be worth a look before you book your flights.
The league tables rank airlines that fly into and out of 10 reporting airports in the UK, including Gatwick, Edinburgh, Heathrow and Manchester, the latest release reports on flights during the 1st half of 2012.
The table, which has been put together using arrival and departure times recorded by the Civil Aviation Authority, shows the average delay in minutes, as well as the percentage of arrivals and departures within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
Airline Punctuality League Table - Jan to Jun 2012
| Airline | Rank | Average delay (min) | % within 15 mins | % delay over 1 hour |
| bmi Regional | 1st | 3.9 | 94.5 | 1.7 |
| CityJet (incl VLM) | 2nd | 5.9 | 89.9 | 2.2 |
| Eastern Airways | 3rd | 6 | 90.4 | 2.3 |
| Aer Lingus | 4th | 6.6 | 87.3 | 2.2 |
| KLM | 5th | 6.8 | 88.6 | 1.8 |
| BA CityFlyer | 6th | 7.7 | 86.1 | 2.8 |
| Scandinavian SAS | 7th | 7.7 | 85 | 2.5 |
| Loganair | 8th | 7.9 | 89.7 | 3.5 |
| bmi baby | 9th | 8.2 | 87.1 | 2.9 |
| Norwegian Air Shuttle | 10th | 8.3 | 84.9 | 2.7 |
| Brussels Airlines | 11th | 8.6 | 83.3 | 2.8 |
| Air France | 12th | 8.6 | 82.3 | 1.8 |
| easyJet | 13th | 8.8 | 85.5 | 3 |
| Alitalia | 14th | 8.8 | 81.4 | 2.7 |
| Ryanair | 15th | 8.9 | 83.5 | 1.9 |
| Germanwings | 16th | 9.6 | 80.4 | 2.5 |
| Aurigny | 17th | 9.7 | 85.7 | 3.5 |
| Swiss Airlines | 18th | 10.1 | 79.3 | 2.9 |
| bmi British Midland | 19th | 10.7 | 80.2 | 3.5 |
| Flybe | 20th | 10.9 | 83.5 | 4.4 |
| Lufthansa | 21st | 11 | 77.1 | 3.1 |
| Delta Air Lines | 22nd | 11.4 | 79.7 | 3.7 |
| Aer Arann | 23rd | 12.5 | 82.7 | 5.4 |
| British Airways | 24th | 13 | 76.8 | 4.5 |
| Wizz Air | 25th | 14.4 | 75.8 | 4.6 |
| American Airlines | 26th | 15.1 | 73.3 | 5.1 |
| TAP Air Portugal | 27th | 16.5 | 71.6 | 7.5 |
| Virgin Atlantic | 28th | 16.8 | 76.6 | 6.2 |
| Emirates | 29th | 17.3 | 62.4 | 4.6 |
| Jet2 | 30th | 17.6 | 72.3 | 5.8 |
| United / Continental | 31st | 18.3 | 69.2 | 7.5 |
| Iberia | 32nd | 20 | 57 | 6.2 |
| THY Turkish | 33rd | 22.2 | 58.3 | 9.1 |
| Air Canada | 34th | 25 | 60.6 | 8.7 |
| Monarch Scheduled | 35th | 26.7 | 61.4 | 10.5 |
2012 Ranking by Jan-Jun average delay (ascending). Analysis includes arrivals and departures at UK reporting airports.
Data obtained from www.flightontime.info.
Flight delay? What does travel insurance cover?
Although the average delay in minutes looks relatively low in this table it's important to remember that these are average figures, made up of large numbers of flights which are on time, or just a few minutes late and the occasional flight which is delayed for a long period of time.
Travel insurance can provide cover, under the travel delay section of the policy, if your flight is subject to a long delay due to strikes, mechanical breakdown or adverse weather. Travel delay cover takes the form of a fixed benefit which is designed to help you pay for additional expenses such as food and drink whilst you wait at the airport.
Plus, if you are delayed by more than 24 hours, you can choose to abandon your holiday and make a claim to recoup the cost, up to the level stated in your policy schedule.
In order to make a successful claim on your travel insurance for travel delay you must have checked in at the airport and obtained a letter from the airline confirming the length and reason for the delay.
To make a claim under the travel delay section of your travel insurance policy you must have checked in for your flight at the airport and you must obtain a letter from the airline or travel company confirming the length and reason for the delay.
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