Passenger watchdog publishes punctuality figures

Tuesday, 6 September 2016 00:00

Punctuality figures have been published showing just 22 per cent of evening flights from Gatwick to the Isle of Man run on time.

TravelWatch has highlighted the records which take in the period between June 15th and August 15th.

The passenger watchdog looked at the evening services from Liverpool, Manchester, London City and London Gatwick.

Flybe - which operates the two North West routes - fared best for punctuality and also recorded the shortest average delays.

Terry Liddiard is the lead on air issues - he says it proves the point that concerns about delays were accurate:

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