Punctuality of airlines in the UK May 2021

Published by Statista Research Department, Apr 16, 2024
In 2020, Aer Lingus was the most punctual airline in the UK, with 98.3 percent of its flights arriving within 15 minutes of the scheduled time. Virgin Atlantic was the least punctual UK airline, with an on-time performance of 85.3 percent.

UK's most punctual airlines in May 2021, ranked by on-time performance

CharacteristicOn-time performance
Aer Lingus 98.3%
Blue Islands 95.2%
Ryanair 93.6%
British Airways 92.1%
Eastern Airways 91.8%
easyJet 90.3%
Loganair 89.6%
Wizz Air UK 85.3%
Virgin Atlantic 85.3%
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June 2021

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United Kingdom

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May 2021

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airlines with less than 200 monthly flights were excluded.

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On-time performance is defined as the number of flights that arrived less than 15 minutes later than scheduled as a share of the total number of flights.

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