Gardermoen Airport, Norway tops on-time ranking of European airports.

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Norway's Gardermoen Airport in Oslo has been ranked as having the best on-time record in Europe.

A survey by the Organisation of European Airlines (OEA) found that 87.9% of all departures from Gardermoen were

Gardermoen Airport manager Nic Nilsen told local Norwegian newspaper Romerikes Blad: "We are very satisfied and proud."

Madrid airport, Spain came bottom of the OEA list with only 36.4% of all departures on time, while Italy's new Malpensa airport outside Milan had just 36.6% of flights leaving on schedule.

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