![]() ![]() ![]() (28) Longest period of time away from gate at diverted airport. ![]() (27) Total time away from gate at diverted airport. (25) Three-letter code of airport where diverted flight landed. (24) Longest time away from gate for gate return or cancelled flight. (23) Total ground time away from gate for all gate/air returns at origin airport, including cancelled flights-actual minutes. (22) For gate returns, first gate-departure time at origin airport. (21) Minutes of delay attributed to a previous late arriving aircraft, if any. (20) Minutes of delay attributed to security, if any. (19) Minutes of delay attributed to the national aviation system, if any. (18) Minutes of delay attributed to extreme weather, if any. (17) Minutes of delay attributed to the air carrier, if any. (16) Causal code for cancellation, if any. (15) Amount of elapsed time difference, if any. (11) Scheduled elapsed time, according to CRS schedule. (10) Date and day of week of scheduled flight operation. (9) Actual wheels-off and wheels-on times for each operation of the flight. (8) Difference in minutes between OAG and CRS scheduled departure times. (7) Difference in minutes between OAG and CRS scheduled arrival times. (6) Actual departure and arrival time for each operation of the flight. (5) CRS scheduled arrival and departure time for each scheduled operation of the flight. (4) Published OAG departure and arrival times for each scheduled operation of the flight. (3) Origin and Destination airport codes. The report shall be made in the form and manner set forth in accounting and reporting directives issued by the Director, Office of Airline Statistics, and shall contain the following information: (See also paragraph (k) of this section.) The reportable flights include, but are not limited to, cancelled flights, mechanically cancelled flights, diverted flights, new flights and wet-leased flights. (a) Each reporting carrier shall file BTS Form 234 “On-Time Flight Performance Report” with the Office of Airline Information of the Department's Bureau of Transportation Statistics on a monthly basis, setting forth the information for each of its reportable flights operated by the reporting carrier and held out to the public on the reporting carrier's Web site and the Web sites of major online travel agencies, or in other generally recognized sources of schedule information. Unfortunately for EasyJet, they came dead last.§ 234.4 Reporting of on-time performance. British Airways rose to second place, followed by Ryanair and AerLingus. Virgin Atlantic earned its second year as the UK’s most punctual airline, which is fairly handy timing, given their current campaign that Britain deserves a second flag carrier is in full swing. Despite these country specific accolades, none of the UK’s airlines featured in the top 10 for Europe, where Aeroflot, Iberia, S7, Alitalia and Air France claimed top 5 spots. The Best UK Airlines For On Time FlightsĪnd the winner is… Virgin Atlantic. LATAM actually took Aeroflot’s place based on “network” performance, rather than mainline, but other than that, the rankings remained in tact. For comparison sake, that’s almost 100,000 more than many other airlines in the rankings. This is impressive stuff, and with over 290,000 flights in the year, it’s quite an accomplishment. Can you even imagine the numbers had they not been so adversely affected by weather?Īnd of course, there’s Aeroflot – the most punctual mainline airline of 2019. Japan suffered through incredibly powerful typhoons in 2019, yet despite this, both airlines managed to actually improve overall on time performance. It’s not easy to keep on time performance at that scale.Īlso super impressive? The Japanese carriers. Perhaps most impressive here is actually Delta, who came third with over 1.1 million flights in 2019, compared to under 300,000 from every other top 10 competitor. Aeroflot, with 86.68% of flights on time.Īlitalia, Air France, Emirates, Korean and SAS round out the top ten, and there are a few interesting points to note with the results.Consider this the Academy Awards of on time performance on a global scale, rather than just against other local airlines. Here are a few airlines to look out for… Leading Global Airlines For On Time Flightsīefore breaking down the results for a few key regions, it’s fun to take a look at the overall winners. Cirium, a leading data analytics firm has crunched the numbers from 2019, and has revealed the best airlines and airports for on time flight performance. When it comes to doing so, there’s a huge disparity between the airlines which give you the best chance of doing so, and the worst. We all love a comfy seat, service with a smile and maybe even a nice gin and tonic to settle into the journey, but air travel is all about getting from Point A to Point B with an on time flight. ![]()
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