The small airport serving the southwest England port city has emerged as the world’s most punctual aviation hub in 2014, outperforming some of the biggest destinations on the planet.
With connections to Europe and north Africa, Bristol managed to get 94.4% of its flights on or off the ground within 15 minutes of schedule, according to stats from UK-based aviation data monitors OAG.
It’s a figure that might discomfit officials at the main airports serving London — including Europe’s busiest at Heathrow (75.5%) — none of which made the top rankings, with the exception of London Luton.
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The rest of the top 10 includes: Iberia (89.7%), KLM (89.4%), Saudi Arabian Airlines (89.4%), SAS (89.1%), Japan Airlines (88.8%), Finnair (88.6) and Alaska Airlines (88.5%).
Norwegian Air Shuttle was named the most punctual low-cost carrier, with almost nine out of 10 flights sticking to schedule. It was followed by Thai AirAsia and EasyJet.
