Gatwick The airport retained the unwanted title of the worst airport in the UK for Flight delayAs air traffic control (ATC) continues.
Analysis Civil Aviation Management (CAA) The data has found that departures from the airport west Sussex on average lasts from delays greater than 23 minutes 2024. years.
Although this means a slight improvement from almost a 27-minute average delay in 2023, GATWICK still lags behind all other airports in the UK airports in accuracy. Like the second busiest airport in the UK, Gatwick has significantly affected ATC staff during the continental Europe during 2024. years, agreed similar questions within their own control tower.
Birmingham Airport He followed Gatwick with another worst accuracy record, the average delay for more than 21 minutes.
Manchester Airport Third place, with average delays reaching 20 minutes.
Flight delays are often caused by issues outside the airport control.
Julia Lo Bue-said, Executive Advantage of travel, Network of independent tourist agents, said many Holidays “for their journeys, so the flight disorder may cause” emotional cestar “, because people and investments are not respected.”
“Passengers expect and deserve not to spend hours stuck in terminals with little information or support.
“Reliable service, clear communication and efficient operation should be a standard, not an exception, and the airports must be taken seriously.
“This summer is set to be extremely busy, so the essential airports and airlines are doing everything they can ensure consumer confidence in the trip is high.”
Belfast Airport (George Best) recorded the best interformful performance in the UK engagement in a row, with a typical delay in the flight less than 12 minutes.
The analysis took into account the scheduled and authorized departures with 22 airports in the UK with at least 1,000 output flights last year.
Cancellation were not included.
The average delay for all these flights last year was 18 minutes and 24 seconds, down from 20 minutes and 42 seconds 2023. Years.
Depending on the distance from the route and the length of the delay, passengers are reserved in the flights from the UK airport, which are the right to help such as a reasonable amount of food and drink, and if necessary to communicate and transmit over and overnight.
Airlines often fail to do so they do not provide them during large disorders because they are overwhelmed with the requirements.
Passengers can also be able to find compensation for up to 520 pounds from airline if the reason for the delay is considered by its control, which could be guilty of aircraft or pilot disease.
ATC issues are considered “extraordinary circumstances”, which means that affected passengers are not entitled to payments.
Selina Chadha, director in CAA, who has consumer advice on his website, said, “The industry is working hard to ensure that flights are accurate, but sometimes delays occur.
“What matters to us whether airlines and airports reduce disorders, as well as in accordance with their legal obligations to take care of passengers if something happens.
“We also advise consumers to ensure that they know what help are right.”
Gatwick spokesman said that air traffic control restrictions “continued to influence the airport”.
“Together with our airlines, we set up a strong plan … to improve the performance of time in 2025.”
This includes the use of a new method for separating the arrival of aircraft and the damn coordination of connecting jet bridges to remote raster bridges, which are both designed to reinforce efficiency.
The spokesperson added that Gatwick “is the most effective the most effective world airport with one runway, and floating flights or come every 55 seconds.”
The Heidi Aleksandar Transport Secretary said in February to support the Gatwick’s expansion plan to enter their urgent runway to the use routine – which is partly focused on improving resistance – if the project is adjusted. The airport is until 24. April to answer.
The MANCHESTER aerodrome spokesman said that “dedicated to do everything in our power to support all our carriers to achieve the best possible time rates of departure.”
The shopping area spokesperson is the airport said: “Aviation continues to recover from pandemic and acts in an extremely busy, global environment with resistance challenges.
“Therefore, it is positive that the data show delays still descend how everyone in the aircraft works together to provide the best possible service to passengers.”
Birmingham Airport did not provide an answer.
Fully degrading the figure from the delay of the airport
This is a complete ranking of airports in the UK based on the flight table in 2024. years.
- 1. Gatwick (23 minutes and 18 seconds)
- 2. Birmingham (21 minutes and 18 seconds)
- 3. Manchester (20 minutes)
- 4. Stansted (19 minutes and 36 seconds)
- 5. Teesside (19 minutes and six seconds)
- 6. Exeter (19 minutes)
- 7. Edinburgh (18 minutes and six seconds)
- 8. Bournemouth (17 minutes and 48 seconds)
- 9. Luton (17 minutes and 42 seconds)
- 10 Cardiff, Wales (17 minutes and 36 seconds)
- = 11. Heathrow (17 minutes and 24 seconds)
- = 11. Newcastle (17 minutes and 24 seconds)
- 13. bristol (17 minutes and six seconds)
- 14. Southampton (16 minutes and 24 seconds)
- 15. Leeds Bradford (16 minutes)
- 16. Glasgow (15 minutes and 12 seconds)
- 17. London City (15 minutes and six seconds)
- 18. Belfast International (14 minutes and 42 seconds)
- 19. Aberdeen (13 minutes and 18 seconds)
- 20. Liverpool (John Lennon) (12 minutes and 42 seconds)
- 21. East Midlands International (12 minutes and 30 seconds)
- 22. City Belfast (George Best) (11 minutes and 36 seconds)
Airports are ordered from the longest average delay after leaving flight to shortest (duration in brackets).