Which Airline was the Most Punctual in 2010?

Bmi regional has topped a league table of on-time airlines from UK airports for 2010.

The list was put together by www.flightontime.info, based on arrival and departure times recorded by the Civil Aviation Authority.

The top 10 most punctual airlines in 2010 were as follows. (The figures show the average delay in minutes followed by the percentage of arrivals and departures within 15 minutes.)

1. bmi Regional 7.1 89.7
2. Eastern Airways 8.3 89.2
3. City Jet / Scot Airways 8.8 85.6
4. VLM Airlines (in detail) 8.9 86.0 3
5. KLM (incl Cityhopper) 9.3 84.7
6. Scandinavian SAS 10.1 81.8
7. Loganair 10.2 86.4
8. Air Southwest 10.3 82.0
9. Air Berlin 11.7 79.1
10. bmi British Midland 11.7 79.2

British Airways came 20th in the table, with an average delay time of 15.1 minutes and only 74% of flights arriving and departing within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.

Virgin Atlantic performed even worse, coming 33rd in the table. Its figures were 26.2 and 61.8% respectively.

Monarch Scheduled was next in the table, at 34th, with 30.4 and 61.2%.

(Source: Bev Fearis, Travelmole.com, March 2011)