On-time performance (OTP) rankings for April are now available. Here are some highlights from the data, which references the percentage of flights that arrived on schedule last month.
Interactive infographic: Explore April OTP highlights
Highlights from the latest OTP monthly data:
All airlines:
- Garuda remains the most punctual airline in the world again this month, with 98.0% of flights on time. Two more Asian airlines take up the second and third positions with Cebgo (Cebu Pacific’s LCC subsidiary) and Fuji Dream recording almost the same OTP at 93.5% and 93.3% respectively. Cebgo also achieved no cancellations in April.
- Moving up the rankings this month is Copa Airlines, in 4th place globally with OTP of 93.0% and a very low cancellation rate of just 0.2%, which is impressive for an airline of its size and complexity. It is also the Latin American carrier with the highest OTP this month.
- Seven airlines report OTP of 90% or over, including Aer Lingus with 90.3% of flights on time, and Norwegian with 90.9% operating on time.
Major airlines:
- Amongst the major carriers (those operating more than 20,000 flights in the month), SAS Scandinavian Airlines reports the highest OTP, with 89.1% of flights on time. Across their operation of 23,053 flights, cancellations ran at 1.7% this month.
- Qantas has second highest OTP in the major airline category, with 87.8% of flights on time in April. British Airways also performed well, with 85.8% of flights on time, and a cancellation rate of just 0.6%.
- In North America, Alaska Airlines had the highest OTP, with 85.2% of flights on time, and a low rate of cancellations, at just 0.5% of flights not operating. Of the US majors, Delta Air Lines was also in the Top 10 of this group, in 9th place with an OTP rate of 83.6%, and low cancellations – just 0.8%.
- April was not a good month operationally for Deutsche Lufthansa AG, which saw low OTP at just 71.1% and a high cancellation rate of 18.6% as the carrier continued to be affected by labour disputes resulting in multiple strikes in April.
Large airlines:
- In the large category - airlines operating between 10,000 and 20,000 flights in the month - Copa Airlines remains the best-performing carrier with consistently high OTP, this month at 93.0%, with no other large airline achieving OTP of over 90%.
- Amongst the large airlines, the Wizz Air group is the LCC with highest OTP, with both Wizz Air Malta and Wizz Air having 85.4% and 85.1% of flights on time in April.
Congratulations to the top three major airlines achieving the best OTP in April:
🥇 Scandinavian Airlines (SAS)
🥈 Qantas Airlines
🥉 British Airways
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How is airline OTP calculated?
- Airline on-time performance is based on actual gate arrival times. Flights that arrive within 15 minutes of the schedule are considered on time. Arriving 15 minutes or more after the scheduled time is considered not on time.
- Cancellations are included in our data and are considered not on-time.
