Charlotte MacDonald

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1,889 appearances 62 recordings 1 series first heard Sep 2010 last heard Apr 2025

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More or Less · WS MoreOrLess: Testing the PISA test · 7 Dec 2013 podcast

She rode home using a shorter route of three kilometres. voice-verified

This only took her six minutes. voice-verified

What was Helen's average speed in kilometres per hour for the trip to the river and back? voice-verified

Now, about 30%, almost a third of 15-year-olds in Shanghai manage that level of question. voice-verified

The average number, though, achieved by countries such as France, Austria and the UK was just 3%. voice-verified

More or Less · Ryanair punctuality; mistakes in academic papers · 27 May 2013 podcast

And surely it's only a matter of time before they start charging us for listening to it. matched

Now, we only have Ryanair's word that this claim is true. matched

The UK's Civil Aviation Authority collects data on flights arriving and departing from 10 UK airports. matched

Based on that data, a website called flightontime.info worked out that Ryanair is falling some way short of 90%, with only 83% of flights arriving on time. matched

Nor is Ryanair the most punctual airline operating out of those airports. matched

It's hard to be sure of that. matched

This is just data from 10 UK airports. matched

There are lots of airports in Europe. matched

It could be that Ryanair's average is much better when you take them into account. matched

And is it? matched

I just don't know. matched

Ryanair refused to give me a breakdown of their figures. matched

But Jim Payton, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Air Transport at Cranfield University in the UK, agrees Ryanair's average could be being brought up by other routes. matched

Now, Ryanair's press office says they're comparing their figures to the most recent Association of European Airlines statistics. matched

But that organisation hasn't published any new figures since 2009. matched

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