A headline in yesterday's newspaper may have suggested that Dublin Airport has the second-highest number of flight departure delays among 27 airports surveyed. Aer Rianta points out that this is not factually the case. According to the survey, Dublin has a below-average number of delays and ranks 10th-best of the airports surveyed.

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