According to a recent report by Which? Travel,plane journeys are taking longer than they did a decade ago despite more advanced and improved technology, reports The Guardian.
Airlines contain been accused of padding their schedules as a way of misleading passengers to believe they are arriving on time. The extended flight times, and normally of about 30 minutes,are meant to make up for any unexpected delays and save the airlines from compensation payouts.
Researchers for the London-based travel guide looked at flight times for 125 routes operated by major airlines in 2009 and compared those with flight times in 2017. The results showed that a shocking 61 percent of the routes were scheduled to buy longer in 2017 than 2009. Eighty-seven percent of British Airways flights were slated to buy longer, compared with 82 percent for Ryanair, and 75 percent for Virgin Atlantic,and 62 percent for easyJet.
The average amount of time that flights were found to be extended was between 20 and 35 minutes.
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Source: inquisitr.com