New figures have revealed which of the UK’s airports had the shortest delays and fewest cancellations this summer, including our airports in the North East.
The stats, released by the Civil Aviation Authority, reveal how many flights were delayed or cancelled in July as the busy summer season got underway, as well as the length of delays passengers had to endure.
Newcastle Airport had a busy summer with 3427 flights taking off from it’s runway in July.
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There were 20 flight cancellations at Newcastle in July, with just 0.58% of scheduled flights facing cancellations, giving it a ranking of eighth most reliable for cancellations of 26 UK airports.
However, the airport didn’t do as well on delays coming in as the tenth worst for delay length, with bigger airports including London Stansted and Glasgow both recording shorter average delays.
Passengers endure endured an average delay length of 29 minutes as the summer season got underway.
The Newcastle airfield was recently named UK and Irish Airport of the Year by the Travel Trade Gazette at the Travel Industry Awards 2022, with the airport’s quick security times given high praise.
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A panel of industry experts said: “Newcastle International Airport impressed with its strong new routes across a range of airlines and its impressive six-minute security average.
“The Airport also has a clear carbon measurement and reduction strategy, stating it is on track to be a Net Zero Carbon Airport by 2035, which it claims is significantly earlier than many other European Airport targets.”
Meanwhile Teesside came out on top as one of the country’s most punctual airports, with average delays of just 11 minutes and 49% of flights taking off ahead of their scheduled departure time, although this may be partially due to the small number of flights from the airport compared to Newcastle.
The Northern Echo contacted Newcastle Airport to comment on these latest figures, but the airport did not respond to our request in time for publication.
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