EU-DIGEST

The worst of the European airports - by Elisabeth Rosenthal

In that spirit, and as a frequent flier around Europe, I have polled my fellow road warriors over the past two months - on airplanes, in security lines and at taxi ranks - to come up with an entirely unscientific survey of Europe's worst. And though I am no statistician, I think it must be significant that nearly everyone gives the same response: London Heathrow is, hands down, the worst, cited by 100 percent of respondents, as the scientists say. Charles de Gaulle outside Paris came in a close second. Leonardo da Vinci at Fiumicino, near Rome, and the Frankfurt airport won honorable, or should I say dishonorable,

Labels: Airports, EU, Tourism

British airports suffer worst delays in Europe - by David Millward

It has been disclosed Passengers at Heathrow and Gatwick suffered the worst delays of any major European airport this summer. The figures, for July to September, from the Association of European Airlines showed that 41.2 per cent of flights leaving Gatwick were at least 15 minutes late and 38.9 per cent of those leaving Heathrow were delayed by at least 15 minutes. The figures showed that the average flight delay was 33 minutes at Gatwick and 31.8 minutes at Heathrow.

Labels: Airports, Britain, EU