Flight from Birmingham to Dubai is UK's most delayed
A new report has revealed Birmingham International Airport’s service to Dubai is the second most delayed flight routes from the UK.
The Delay to Departure Report, created by business communication provider Esendex, used FlightRadar24 to analyse more than 250 flight routes from the UK over the past year to establish the routes where passengers are most likely to be delayed, arrive on time, or even ahead of schedule.
Emirates’ flight from Birmingham International Airport to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates was found to have an average scheduled arrival time of 12.39am and an average actual arrival time of 1.09am with passengers facing an approximate delay of 30 minutes.
Other delayed routes in the top 20 departing from Birmingham International Airport included Loganair’s flight to Aberdeen.
The most delayed route was Ryanair's service to Lawica in Poland from Leeds Bradford Airport with an average delay of 36min.
Air India's London Heathrow to Delhi was named as the earliest arrival route, where passengers were touching down in India on average 35 minutes early.
Chris Gorman, head of professional services at Esendex said: “A delayed flight can cause a lot of anxiety, adding to an already stressful situation for many of us. Whether that’s impacting further travel plans once landed, or causing issues with accommodation, flight delays can cause havoc to travel itineraries.
“It’s vital that airlines have the right digital infrastructure in place to ensure passengers are kept up to date, with the correct information and crucially, to allow passengers to stay in contact with airlines as a solution is being sought."