Eastern Airways - Newcastle Airport's most punctual Airline

UK regional airline, Eastern Airways continues to be Newcastle International Airport's most punctual scheduled airline after again being rated the number one performer. The independent carrier is on the top spot at Newcastle after being named the number one on-time airline from January to June 2008, ahead of airlines including KLM, British Airways, easyJet, Ryanair and flybe.

The Civil Aviation Authority's latest punctuality statistics analysed by on-line aviation analysts, Flightontime.info, revealed that almost 89% of Eastern Airways flights departed from Newcastle within 15 minutes and if any delays were experienced, they averaged just 6½ minutes during the period of January to June 2008.

In 2006 and 2007, Eastern Airways was named the number one airline for punctuality at Newcastle and is on target for a third successive full year. Chris Holliday, Eastern Airways' chief operating officer, said: "Our ground staff, engineers and air crews know how important on-time departures are to north east business travellers and, again they have been extremely focused on maintaining our high standards of punctuality at Newcastle. We always aim to provide the best service possible to our customers and remain committed to being a leading airline for on-time performance in the UK."

Eastern Airways has been providing high frequency scheduled services from Newcastle for five years with flights to Birmingham, Cardiff, Southampton, Aberdeen, the Isle of Man and Stavanger in Norway.

Earlier this year the airline reached the number one punctuality position overall in the UK for the first three months of 2008 and was also recently nominated for a prestigious travel industry award with Buying Business Travel under the category "Best UK domestic airline for business".

Passengers travelling with Eastern Airways can check-in just 30 minutes before departure and are also offered a dedicated fast track security channel to help them swiftly pass through security search at Newcastle.

Up to 800 flights a week are operated by Eastern Airways from 18 airports including Aberdeen, Angers Loire (France), Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Durham Tees Valley, East Midlands, Humberside, Isle of Man, Leeds Bradford, London Stansted, Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich, Southampton, Stavanger (Norway), Stornoway and Wick.