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Stansted Airport hits new heights for take-off times
BOSSES at Stansted Airport are on cloud nine after setting a new record for the number of flights taking off on time.
According to new figures published by the Civil Aviation Authority today (Friday, March 16), 85 per cent of journeys from the Uttlesford hub were on schedule in 2011 - the best performance since the Queen opened the new terminal building in 1991.
This represents an 11-per-cent increase on 2010 and is higher than the 71 per cent achieved 21 years ago.
It also saw the biggest performance increase of any UK airport in the final quarter of last year, with 16 per cent more flights taking off than in the same period in 2010
Read more: http://www.hertsandessexobserver.co.uk/ ... 032012.htm
BOSSES at Stansted Airport are on cloud nine after setting a new record for the number of flights taking off on time.
According to new figures published by the Civil Aviation Authority today (Friday, March 16), 85 per cent of journeys from the Uttlesford hub were on schedule in 2011 - the best performance since the Queen opened the new terminal building in 1991.
This represents an 11-per-cent increase on 2010 and is higher than the 71 per cent achieved 21 years ago.
It also saw the biggest performance increase of any UK airport in the final quarter of last year, with 16 per cent more flights taking off than in the same period in 2010
Read more: http://www.hertsandessexobserver.co.uk/ ... 032012.htm