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Britons may wait all year for their holidays, but the delay in jetting off to warmer climes is sometimes longer than anticipated. With many holidays starting with a flight, airlines’ lack of punctuality can turn a holiday into a nightmare.
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The worst airlines for punctuality have been named by Information Design.
Analysing how European airlines have done in the first half of the year, they came up with the definitive list of worst airlines to fly on if timing is important.
And some of the data was shocking.
At the bottom of the list was Yakutia.
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The Russian airline had an incredible punctuality level of 0.7 percent.
It got worst for Yakutia, with some months seeing not a single flight on time.
From February to July 2021, the airline operated 5,730 flights and only 41 were on time.
Second worst was Ural Airlines.
Another Russian airline, Ural almost looked good next to Yakutia.
It operated 30,000 flights in the first half of 2021, and 47 percent were on time.