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Travellers catching flights to and from UK airports in the first quarter of the year experienced fewer delays, according to new statistics from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).

The figures show that 82% of services arrived or departed within 15 minutes of their scheduled time from January to March 2011, marking an increase of eight percentage points from the same period last year.

At Gatwick, Luton and Stansted airports, on-time performance improved by 11 percentage points year-on-year.

The average delay in the first three months of 2011 was ten minutes, which is the lowest figure recorded for the first quarter of a year since 1995.

Iain Osborne, CAA group director for regulatory policy, welcomed the figures but stressed the importance of achieving further progress for the benefit of passengers.

"The CAA believes that future improvements in performance through enhanced airport resilience and airspace efficiency are possible," he said.

"Together with the UK aviation industry, we are currently engaged in work programmes such as the South East Airports Task Force and the Future Airspace Strategy which, in time, should bring better outcomes to consumers."


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