{"id":261093,"date":"2025-05-28T04:58:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T04:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/aerospace\/air-india-tops-list-of-uks-most-delayed-airlines-for-2024\/"},"modified":"2025-05-28T04:58:53","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T04:58:53","slug":"air-india-tops-list-of-uks-most-delayed-airlines-for-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=261093","title":{"rendered":"Air India tops list of UK\u2019s most delayed airlines for 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"


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India\u2019s flag carrier, Air India, has taken the ignominious title of topping a list of the UK\u2019s most delayed scheduled airlines in 2024. In a report compiled by PA Media using data generated by the UK Civil Aviation Authority <\/a>(CAA), \u00a0Air India was officially ranked the worst airline for UK flight delays for all UK-based airports for the year.<\/p>\n

According to the report, the carrier\u2019s departures from UK airports throughout 2024 were an average of 45 minutes and 48 seconds behind schedule. The carrier\u2019s route with the longest average delay was London-Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Bengaluru (BLR), with an average delay of one hour and 23 minutes across 50 departures. Services on the route only commenced in August 2024 on a five-times-weekly frequency. The services joined other services flown by the airline from Gatwick to Amritsar, Goa, Kochi, and Ahmedabad.<\/p>\n

UK-based industry commentators have been particularly critical of the airline in the past, with poor punctuality being a key driver behind such criticism. However, Air India played down the on-time performance figures when asked for comment by PA Media<\/a>. A spokesperson for Air India told the news agency, \u201cDuring 2024, Air India\u2019s flights to and from the UK experienced occasional delays, primarily due to factors beyond our control.<\/p>\n