Fewer than half of flights from Pearson airport left on time last week — and that's an improvement from July

One week after Toronto’s Pearson International Airport earned the title of world’s worst airport for flight delays, the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) says the travel hub is taking steps to rehabilitate its reputation.

During the first week of August, 44 per cent of flights departed on time, according to the GTAA. That’s up from an average of 35 per cent of flights that left on time weekly in July.

Flight delays were so bad last month — 57 per cent of all departures between June 1 and July 24 were delayed — that Pearson earned attention in major international publications, including The New York