Punctuality figures for holidaymakers at Birmingham International Airport beat the national average last summer, latest figures have revealed.
But across the country airline passengers endured the worst summer delays for four years.
A total of 66 per cent of charter flights were on time at leading UK airports in July-September 2005, compared with 69 per cent in the same period of 2004, the Civil Aviation Authority said.
But Birmingham's charter services had 74 per cent of flights operating on time or less than 15 minutes late during the period.
The average national charter flight delay was 31 minutes, compared with 26 minutes in summer 2004.
