Ryanair named London's favourite

Ryanair is the most popular airline flying from London, new figures reveal.

A study by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) show Ryanair has the largest market share on routes on flights to Rome, Barcelona and Stockholm from London, beating British Airways, easyJet and Alitalia.

The airline's punctuality figures on the three routes - with over 70 per cent of flights on time within 15 minutes and 83 per cent of flights from Stockholm being punctual - also placed the airline ahead of its rivals.

Ryanair head of communications Peter Sherrard said: "These latest statistics from the CAA prove that Ryanair is again the passengers' favourite on routes from London.

"The travelling public keep flocking in their droves to Ryanair, because we offer the lowest fares, the best punctuality and a no fuel surcharge ever guarantee."

This November, the airline has passed several major milestones with a total of 65 million passengers being flown in and out of Ireland, the 18 million to and from Spain and 18 million people to Frankfurt Hahn airport.