New data has revealed which airlines have the most delayed flights during the summer months.
February is one of the busiest times of the year for booking summer holidays, and figures from Forbes Advisor, the price comparison and financial guidance platform, suggest which airlines are most likely to let you start your trip on time this summer.
The study analysed Civil Aviation Authority data on more than 385,000 flights in and out of the UK during the peak summer holiday months of June, July and August last year.
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It found that Wizz Air is the airline whose flights are most likely to be delayed. The Polish carrier made more than 15,000 flights in and out of the UK during the period measured, and two thirds (66%) arrived at least 15 minutes late.
In addition, the airline had the longest average delay of all airlines included in the study, with flights on average running nearly an hour late (55 minutes).
TUI Airways is the second most delayed airline in the list, as during the summer of 2022, it made 24,970 flights in and out of the UK, and 61.3%, were delayed by at least 15 minutes. Average delays across all flights at the travel company during June, July and August were 46 minutes.
Lufthansa is the airline third most likely to be delayed after around half (49.3%) of its flights to and from the UK arrived more than 15 minutes late during summer 2022. However, its average delay is considerably lower than others in the top three, at 23 minutes.
The fourth most delayed airline of summer 2022 was Air Portugal. One of the smaller companies in the analysis, having made 2,161 flights to and from the UK in June, July and August of last year, almost half (48.5%) were delayed, with an average delay time of 25 minutes.
easyJet came in fifth place, with Ryanair sixth and Air France seventh. Jet2 and British Airways came in eighth and ninth place, respectively, while Virgin Atlantic came in 10th place, with 41.6% of flights subject to a delay of over 15 minutes, and an average delay time of 25 minutes.
Forbes said airlines with fewer than 1,000 recorded flights during the period measured were excluded from the study. The statistics for WizzAir’s two companies, WIZZ AIR UK LTD and WIZZ AIR, were combined into one as they are part of the same brand.
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