Aviation knowledge supplier Cirium revealed its annual record of the world’s most on-time airways, breaking down the winners by measurement and area.
For 2023, Colombia’s Avianca Airways was named the world’s most punctual international airline, with an 85.73% on-time arrival charge. The win comes after the airline filed for Chapter 11 chapter in 2020, forcing it to utterly redesign its model and enterprise mannequin.
“The goal of this system is to supply the airline business and all of its stakeholders with a impartial, third-party perspective on operational efficiency for particular person airways,” Cirium CEO Jeremy Bowen informed media throughout a press convention, noting the information is collected from over 600 sources.
Cirium defines “on-time” as arriving inside 14 minutes and 59 seconds of the airline’s scheduled arrival time. The carriers even have to fulfill particular capability and community necessities to be thought-about a “international” airline.
For instance, Panamanian flag provider Copa Airways had larger on-time efficiency than Avianca at 89.46%, making it probably the most punctual airline in Latin America. Nevertheless, it would not meet the regional requirement of flying to at the least three areas each day to qualify as a world airline.
“We firmly consider {that a} straight rating with out these issues wouldn’t be helpful, and that is as a result of very totally different sizes and working fashions of the world’s airways,” Bowen informed media.
Along with naming the world’s most punctual international airline, Cirium additionally fingers out the “platinum award” to what Bowen described as the most effective all-around international airline for “operational excellence.”
This 12 months’s winner is Delta Air Strains for the third consecutive time. The corporate was additionally named the fourth most on-time airline amongst international carriers and probably the most on-time airline in North America.
In response to Bowen, Cirium not solely based mostly its winner on punctuality but additionally the “complexity of its operations and capability to supply extra profit to passengers and airports.”
Cirium’s different 2023 winners had been Spanish low-cost provider Iberia Specific in Europe, Japan’s All Nippon Airways within the Asia Pacific, and Oman Air within the Center East and Africa. South African airline Safair was probably the most on-time funds provider.
Oman and Safair had been the one airways within the report back to safe an on-time arrival charge of greater than 90%. In response to journey knowledge supplier OAG, that is achieved by the “absolute best airways,” although they “stay the exception quite than the rule.”
Cirium’s senior director of superior initiatives, David White, informed media that the upper charge is made simpler to attain largely as a result of each airways are “working effectively inside their capability,” explaining demand doesn’t outpace accessible seats in both area.
Here’s a nearer take a look at the highest 5 most on-time international airways of 2023, based on Cirium knowledge.
5. Iberia
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On-time arrival charge in 2023: 84.38%
On-time arrival charge in 2022: 85.87%
Rating in 2022: Didn’t qualify as a world airline
4. Delta Air Strains
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On-time arrival charge in 2023: 84.72%
On-time arrival charge in 2022: 83.63%
Rating in 2022: 5
3. Qatar Airways
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On-time arrival charge in 2023: 85.11%
On-time arrival charge in 2022: 78.32%
Rating in 2022: 9
2. Azul Airways
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On-time arrival charge in 2023: 85.51%
On-time arrival charge in 2022: 88.93%
Rating in 2022: 1
1. Avianca Airways
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On-time arrival charge in 2023: 85.73%
On-time arrival charge in 2022: 83.48%
Rating in 2022: 6
