Delta was the MVP in Cirium’s on-time performance rankings released yesterday. Here are the top 10 on-time airlines:
- Aeromexico – 90%
- Saudia – 87%
- SAS – 86%
- Azul – 85%
- Qatar – 84%
- Iberia – 84%
- LATAM – 82%
- Avianca – 82%
- Turkish – 81%
- Delta – 81%
What makes Delta impressive is the volume: the airline ran 1.8 million flights and still made it into the top 10. The other nine airlines averaged roughly 300k flights each.
The report lists the top 10 on-time airlines by region and their total completed flights, making it possible to calculate the on-time performance of each alliance among top airlines:
- SkyTeam – 82% of 2.7m flights
- Star Alliance – 79% of 3.7m flights
- No alliance – 79% of 5.5m flights
- oneworld – 78% of 4.0m flights
The major factor, as always, is the US airlines, where American was the biggest player but also the slowest. On-time performance among major US airlines:
- Delta – 81% of 1.8m flights
- United – 79% of 1.7m flights
- American – 76% of 2.2m flights
(Alaska was on-time for 79% of their 453k flights, and credit to Spirit, which had the same on-time performance for their 218k flights.)
