Airport flying high in survey
NEWCASTLE International has been ranked joint third best in the country in a list of Britain’s airports.
The survey conducted by The Telegraph rated Britain’s airports from best to worst using 16 categories. They used a combination of Twitter surveys and data on delays and the destinations served.
Not only did the survey find that 86.6% of flights that leave Newcastle airport are on time, the average delay time was only eight minutes. It also offers the cheapest journey to the city centre than other airports and a more reasonable “kiss-and-drop charge” at £4 for 10 minutes.
The airport gained points for having a good ratio of food outlets to passengers, and was rated highly
for the number of power outlets around the terminal.
But one of the downsides to the airport is that it is still one of the the few that does not offer water refill stations.
The winner of the survey was London City Airport, a small airport in the Docklands area which serves 40 destinations.
Gatwick came in at second place and Heathrow, the largest airport by far, was joint third with Newcastle.
Leeds Bradford, often seen as Newcastle’s closest competitor, came in joint bottom with Bristol.
The data obtained from the CAA showed 2.28% of flights at Leeds Bradford were cancelled last year, contributing to its poor rankings.
The list only ranked 16 leading airports. Teesside Airport, which is the 32nd largest airport by number of passengers that fly from it, was not included.