Wizz Air perform worst for flight delays

Wizz Air was the worst large hose for formation delays from UK airports for the 2nd twelvemonth successful a row, caller figures show.

The Hungarian carrier's UK departures were an mean of 46 minutes and six seconds down docket successful 2022.

It is based connected investigation of Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) information by the PA quality agency.

That was much than 3 times longer than the erstwhile year, erstwhile it was besides ranked past for punctuality.

Wizz Air operates short-haul flights from 8 UK airports including Birmingham, Edinburgh, Gatwick and Luton.

The investigation took into relationship each scheduled and chartered departures from UK airports by airlines with much than 2,500 flights.

Cancelled flights were not included.

The mean hold for each these flights was 23 minutes.

After Wizz Air, Tui ranked 2nd with an mean hold of 40 minutes and 18 seconds, and Qatar Airways 3rd with 31 minutes and 48 seconds.

Norwegian Air Shuttle recorded the champion show with an mean hold of conscionable 13 minutes and 42 seconds.

Wizz Air - 46 minutes and six seconds

Tui - 40 minutes and 18 seconds.

Qatar Airways - 31 minutes and 48 seconds

Turkish Airlines - 29 minutes and 30 seconds

Pegasus Airlines - 27 minutes and 18 seconds

May and June were the worst months for punctuality arsenic the aviation assemblage failed to enlistee and bid capable unit to header with a surge successful request for holidays pursuing the ending of the UK's Covid-19 question rules.

Rory Boland, exertion of mag Which? Travel, said: "These figures are worrying, but volition beryllium nary astonishment to passengers who've had to endure shoddy attraction from airlines for years."

The CAA has civilian powers to instrumentality enforcement enactment against airlines, but tribunal cases typically instrumentality respective years to beryllium concluded.

Government proposals to springiness the regulator much powers were consulted connected successful aboriginal 2022, but nary changes person been made.

CAA user manager Paul Smith claimed "too galore passengers faced disappointing levels of delays" past year.

"The CAA has regularly asked for stronger user enforcement powers, including the quality to enforce fines connected airlines," helium said.

"When things bash spell wrong, we expect airlines to proactively supply passengers with accusation astir their rights erstwhile flights are disrupted, arsenic good arsenic connection timely enactment and assistance.

"We've already raised concerns astir Wizz Air and are moving intimately with the hose to amended outcomes for consumers."

Last twelvemonth it faced a backlash from aviator unions aft main enforcement Jozsef Varadi said unit should spell "the other mile" erstwhile bushed truthful that the hose could debar cancelling flights.

Wizz Air did not respond to a petition for remark by the PA quality agency.