Wizz Air revealed as most delayed airline at UK airports

Sky News: Wizz Air has been revealed as the airline with the worst punctuality record among those operating the most flights from UK airports.
Departures run by the Hungarian carrier were an average of 23 minutes late in 2017 – enough time to watch half an episode of Game of Thrones while waiting at the gate.
The airline blamed “a number of issues specific to the UK” for its record, including airport infrastructure, airspace congestion and timetable restrictions.
It said its ability to keep to time was significantly better on the rest of its network, and also cited “particularly severe winter weather” as a reason for why so many of its UK flights had taken off late.
The delays were exposed by analysis of Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) data by the Press Association, which showed there were two UK airlines among the 10 with the poorest punctuality records.
Thomas Cook Airlines and BMI Regional both experienced average delays of 21 minutes.
• Thomas Cook Airlines – 21.1 minutes
• BMI Regional – 21 minutes
• EasyJet – 18.2 minutes
• Monarch Airlines (ceased trading in October) – 16.4 minutes
• Loganair – 16.2 minutes
• Ryanair – 15.6 minutes
• Flybe – 14.1 minutes
• Virgin Atlantic – 13.3 minutes
• British Airways – 11.5 minutes
• BA CityFlyer – 11.4 minutes