End of 2013/14 winter season results. EUclaim looks at the worst delays at London’s key airports

The worst reported delay of the season was at London Gatwick when a Thomson Airways flight on the 24 January from Montego Bay, Jamaica to Gatwick was delayed for 38.31 hours. Delayed flights from London Luton ranged between an 08.08 hour delay on a Ryanair flight to Malta with the longest delay, 11.49 hours, with carrier Wizz Air en route to Riga in Latvia. London Stansted delays ranged from 08.30 hours with a Ryanair flight from Pisa to Stansted and a 19.56 hour delay, again with Ryanair, on a flight from Fuerteventura to London Stansted. London City airport had the shortest delays ranging from 02.25 hours to 4.50 hours. ( * a full list of the top seven delays at London’s main airports can be found below).

”EUclaim is the only company in Europe dealing with flight compensation that has access to the proprietary database of Lennoc Flight Intelligence, containing historical flight information. This data is collected by from commercial and public sources which includes governments, airports, airlines and news media. Added to that the signals from commercial airlines (ACARS and ADS-B) are also gathered.” Explained Hendrik Noorderhaven, CEO EUclaim “So when delayed passengers come to us with a potential claim against an airline they can be assured that EUclaim will analyse our flight data and promptly and honestly confirm whether the passengers claim against an airline under EU Regulation 261/2004 is worth persuing or not.”

*Taken from data recorded between 01NOV2013-31MAR2014

London Heathrow
1. 26 JAN 2014 BA253 LHR – NAS /24:12 hours delay
2. 24 FEB2014 BA54 JNB – LHR / 23:58 hours delay
3. 17FEB2014 BA42 CPT – LHR / 23:52 hours delay
4. 23NOV 2013 BA275 LHR – LAS / 22:17 hours delay
5. 21NOV 2013 BA59 LHR – CPT / 22:08 hours delay
6. 16FEB 2014 BA57 LHR – JNB / 21:32 hours delay
7. 13DEC2013 BA256 DEL – LHR / 21:00 hours delay

London Gatwick
1. 23JAN2014 TOM 19 MBJ – LGW / 38:31 hours delay
2. 20NOV2013 BA 2276 LAS – LGW / 27:54 hours delay
3. 16JAN2014 BA 2042 MLE – LGW / 26:41 hours delay
4. 08FEB2014 TOM 4668 LGW – FUE / 24:58 hours delay
5. 25DEC2013 TOM 4356 LGW – FUE / 24:39 hours delay
6. 08FEB2014 TOM 4669 FUE – LGW / 24:27 hours delay
7. 05FEB2014 VS 30 BGI – LGW / 24:26 hours delay

London Luton

1. 06DEC2013 W6 2502 LTN – RIX / 11:49 hours delay
2. 28DEC2013 RO 395 IAS – LTN / 11:26 hours delay
3. 23DEC2013 W6 3010 LTN – OTP / 11:41 hours delay
4. 23DEC2013 W6 7701 SKP – LTN / 08:25 hours delay
5. 19DEC2013 OB 231 BCM – LTN / 08:12 hours delay
6. 15FEB2014 U2 2051 LTN – GVA / 08:08 hours delay
7. 14NOV2013 FR 3882 LTN – MLA / 08:05 hours delay

London Stansted

1. 07DEC2013 FR8183 FUE – STN / 19:56 hours delay
2. 01JAN2014 FR2463 BZG – STN / 13:34 hours delay
3. 14FEB2014 FR8347 STN – OPO / 11:37 hours delay
4. 10NOV2013 FR3005 CIA – STN / 11:08 hours delay
5. 21NOV2013 MT7125 ACE – STN / 09:12 hours delay
6. 07DEC2013 FR583 PSA – STN / 08:35 hours delay
7. 27DEC2013 FR1789 DTM – STN / 08:35 hours delay
8. 13JAN2014 FR583 PSA – STN / 08:30 hours delay

London City
1. 30DEC2013 BA3289 LCY – GRX / 04:50 hours delay
2. 05JAN2014 BA8454 AMS – LCY / 03:04 hours delay
3. 16DEC2013 LX443 LCY – GVA / 02:46 hours delay
4. 12NOV2013 SI 713 LCY – JER / 02:38 hours delay
5. 21NOV2013 AF5281 LCY – FLR / 02:33 hours delay
6. 07NOV2013 AF5194 AMS – LCY / 02:30 hours delay
7. 24DEC2013 BA8732 LCY – FRA / 02:25 hours delay