The report provides an annual ranking of OTP for the world’s airlines and airports and puts BA and easyJet at 10th and 15th respectively among the world’s largest carriers. British Airlines achieved 79 per cent punctuality and easyJet recorded 75 per cent on-time flights.
European airline airBaltic took the top spot as the most punctual airline in the world, with more than 90 per cent on-time performance. Joining airBaltic in the top three spots are Asian carrier Hong Kong Airlines and American carrier, Hawaiian Airlines.
OAG Senior Analyst John Grant said: “BA and easyJet are certainly holding their own amongst their global counterparts.
Meanwhile, Birmingham Airport ranked first in the ‘medium airports’ category for the second year, with an OTP of 90 per cent, while Liverpool John Lennon ranked seventh h in the ‘small airport category, charting 86 per cent OTP.
Heathrow ranked 10th worldwide in the new ‘mega’ category, which covers airports with 30 million or more departing seats. Heathrow ranked 6th among all UK airports, with an OTP of 75 per cent.
A new angle on OTP data in the Punctuality League 2018 report is on-time performance for the largest global airlines and a chance to compare how the biggest and the best perform. Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways come in first and second place, with OTP of 85.3 per cent and 83.8 per cent, respectively. Delta Air Lines, the second largest operator of scheduled airline flights worldwide, comes in third with a very respectable OTP of 82.8 per cent, while India’s fast growing low-cost carrier IndiGo makes an impressive appearance in fourth place with OTP of 81.2 per cent.
Also new for 2018 is OTP for the Top 20 biggest Domestic Routes and the Top 20 Biggest International Routes worldwide and by airline. Hong Kong-Taipei had the highest number of international flights operating back and forth in 2017 of which 70.9 per cent were on-time but OTP varied between airlines with the best managing to get almost nine in 10 flights to arrive on-time, and the worst barely able to get half of operations to their destinations on-time.
Airports have been split into five categories in the latest Punctuality League in order to give the largest more of a chance to shine. Tenerife North tops the league table for Small Airports which handle between 2.5 million and 5 million while Osaka performs best among Large Airports (10-20 million departing seats).
