AEA report into lost bags and punctuality

Ryanair today welcomed the report by the Association of European Airlines (AEA) on baggage delivery performance and punctuality statistics for it's member airlines for the period April to October 2008. Ryanair pointed out that British Airways and BMI lost 19 and 25 bags per thousand compared to their own figure of 0.4 bags. In terms of punctuality, BA at 73% within 15 minutes of scheduled and BMI at 77% within 15 minutes of scheduled lag behind Ryanair's figure of 88%. AEA reports are compiled from the voluntarily submitted statistics of it's members. This report covering the summer 2008 period was compiled from the submissions of 30 of the 35 member airlines. Ryanair is not a member of the AEA. Aer Lingus is a member of the AEA but chose not to submit statistics.