Air travellers suffer big delays with EasyJet, Gatwick

EasyJet and Gatwick were named Britain's tardiest airline and airport respectively last summer and the year before Friday, with more data showing EasyJet's punctuality has dropped this season as well. EasyJet's customers had been on average delayed 24 minutes, the longest average delay among airlines travelling to and from Britain during those two summers. London Gatwick, where EasyJet has a base, was the worst British airport for delays in summer 2015 and 2016, the BBC said in its study, but added that past performance would not necessarily be repeated during this and future summers. Last month, across its network EasyJet had an on-time percentage of 63.6% in July, down from 70.8% in June and 76.2% in May. <br/>