Every major UK airline, ranked by on-time performance

80 airlines covered Best: Wideroe Flyveselskap at 90.1% on time Worst: Air India at 43.6% on time

Airline	Flights	On-time %	Avg delay	3h+ %
Wideroe Flyveselskap	2,137	90.1%	4.6 min	0.1%
Km Malta Airlines	1,295	89.8%	5 min	<0.5%
China Southern	2,112	89.0%	6.5 min	0.3%
China Eastern Airlines	2,080	84.9%	8.1 min	0.3%
Thai Airways International	1,459	83.8%	8.3 min	0.1%
Scandinavian Airlines Ireland	2,114	83.6%	8.2 min	0.1%
Air China	3,022	83.1%	9.3 min	0.5%
Malaysian Airlines System-Mas	1,459	82.1%	10.5 min	0.3%
Icelandair	3,863	82.0%	9.9 min	0.6%
SAS	12,861	81.9%	8.4 min	0.1%
Virgin Atlantic	25,313	81.7%	10.2 min	0.3%
JetBlue Airways	3,210	81.6%	10.6 min	0.5%
Iberia Express	1,914	81.5%	8.8 min	<0.5%
Italia Traspoto Aereo	4,463	80.9%	9 min	0.1%
Hainan Airlines	1,170	80.1%	9.6 min	0.1%
Singapore Airlines	4,169	80.1%	9.8 min	0.2%
Japan Airlines	1,455	79.6%	12.4 min	0.3%
Delta Air Lines	8,476	79.3%	13.1 min	0.9%
Iberia	5,846	78.7%	10.8 min	0.2%
Loganair	58,648	77.2%	12.7 min	0.6%
Norwegian	13,702	77.2%	11.1 min	0.2%
Air Europa	1,463	77.2%	10.2 min	0.2%
KLM Cityhopper	6,097	77.1%	12.6 min	0.3%
British Airways	309,084	76.4%	13.1 min	0.4%
Wizz Air	55,842	76.3%	14.4 min	0.7%
Qantas	1,466	76.3%	19.4 min	1.6%
Austrian Airlines	3,295	75.9%	11.3 min	0.1%
United Airlines	15,596	75.8%	18.3 min	1.8%
BA CityFlyer	38,661	75.3%	13.5 min	0.4%
Air Baltic	1,426	74.8%	12.3 min	0.1%
Qatar Airways	10,163	74.8%	11.9 min	0.4%
Vueling Airlines	22,110	74.7%	13.5 min	0.4%
Kuwait Airways	1,328	74.6%	17.6 min	1.6%
Air Canada	6,537	74.5%	15.5 min	1.1%
Gulf Air	1,930	74.4%	18.6 min	1.6%
American Airlines	15,514	74.1%	21.4 min	1.8%
Air Dolomiti	1,483	73.8%	11.9 min	<0.5%
Royal Jordanian	1,401	73.8%	13 min	0.4%
Emerald Airlines	19,982	73.7%	15.6 min	1.0%
Aer Lingus	52,206	73.4%	14.6 min	0.7%
Finnair	5,233	73.4%	11.8 min	0.1%
Turkish Airlines	12,764	73.3%	12.1 min	0.2%
AJet	2,232	72.8%	12.6 min	<0.5%
Aegean Airlines	3,443	72.6%	12.2 min	0.1%
Aurigny Air Services	11,227	72.2%	17.4 min	1.1%
Oman Air	1,036	72.2%	15.3 min	0.2%
easyJet	398,684	71.9%	15.7 min	0.5%
Ryanair	348,181	71.1%	16.3 min	0.5%
Saudi Arabian Airlines	5,008	71.0%	20.3 min	1.4%
KLM	34,017	70.4%	14.8 min	0.4%
Isles of Scilly Skybus	1,210	70.4%	17.8 min	1.4%
Corendon Airlines	1,094	70.3%	17.6 min	1.4%
Lufthansa	24,888	70.2%	13.1 min	0.1%
Emirates	12,944	69.8%	14.5 min	0.4%
Air Transat	1,991	69.8%	16.7 min	0.6%
Ethiopian Airlines	1,872	69.8%	14 min	0.2%
Etihad Airways	4,145	69.8%	14.7 min	0.3%
Blue Islands	5,019	69.7%	21.3 min	1.7%
Eurowings Luftverkehrs	13,418	69.3%	14.8 min	0.2%
Luxair	3,315	69.3%	14.4 min	<0.5%
Cathay Pacific Airways	4,352	68.8%	18.5 min	0.9%
Air France	13,558	68.6%	16.3 min	0.5%
Pegasus Airlines	8,596	68.6%	16 min	0.4%
Sunexpress	9,290	68.2%	15.1 min	0.3%
El Al	1,945	67.3%	15.5 min	0.6%
Norse Atlantic UK	2,010	67.0%	28.1 min	2.9%
Jet2.com	125,825	66.7%	18.7 min	0.5%
Swiss Airlines	14,502	66.7%	14.5 min	0.1%
LOT Polish Airlines	2,526	66.4%	15.1 min	0.1%
West Jet Airlines	1,803	66.1%	17.6 min	0.6%
Eastern Airways	1,485	65.9%	17.6 min	1.0%
Air Peace	1,077	65.2%	17 min	0.4%
Air Portugal	7,644	62.3%	18.1 min	0.2%
Brussels Airlines	4,096	61.8%	18.1 min	0.2%
Kenya Airways	1,029	59.8%	31.9 min	4.2%
TUI Airways	61,005	58.6%	23.8 min	0.8%
Egypt Air	2,949	57.3%	21.4 min	0.3%
Royal Air Maroc	2,315	55.5%	21.2 min	0.4%
Indigo	1,280	45.1%	51.6 min	6.1%
Air India	5,855	43.6%	37.3 min	2.3%

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80 airlines operating at the UK's biggest airports, covering July 2025 to June 2026. Click any airline for its full record, including which UK airports it's worst delayed at and how to claim if you've been affected.

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Source: UK Civil Aviation Authority punctuality statistics, July 2025 to June 2026. Analysis by CheckFlightCompensation; the CAA is credited as the data source as its publication conditions require. Figures cover the 25 largest UK airports.