If you’re thinking that a Canadian airline is one of North America’s most punctual air carriers, think again.
in fact, none canadian airlines It appears a new ranking of the top 10 most punctual North American carriers of 2022, compiled by global air industry data tracking firm OAG, has been made. Its Punctuality League 2023 report saw America’s Delta Air Lines take the top spot for the North American ranking, with Alaska Airlines, United Airlines, American Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines rounding out the top five. Spirit Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Frontier Airlines, JetBlue and Allegiant round out the list.
and late air Canada Just managed to crack a separate OAG punctuality list, no other Canadian carrier did.
The OAG released its 2023 report earlier this week, revealing which airlines and airports were the world’s most punctual for 2022 – a year when the global travel industry will be hit with the easing of COVID-19 restrictions Most of them were seen rebooting.
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OAG cuts its punctuality rankings into several lists: Top 20 Airlines Worldwide, Top 20 Mega Airlines, Top 20 Low-Cost Airlines, Top 10 Airlines by Region, Top 20 Airports Worldwide, Top 20 Mega Airports and the top 10 airports in the region.
The OAG said that for the report to be eligible, the agency must have flight status data for at least 80 percent of all scheduled flights operated by an airline or airport. OAG’s definition of on-time performance (OTP) is flights that arrive or depart within 15 minutes of their scheduled arrival or departure times. The cancellations were included in the OTP calculation and are counted as late flights.
No Canadian airport managed to rank.
Air Canada entered the Top 20 Mega Airline list – ranking 20th with an on-time percentage of 52 per cent. Air Canada had a cancellation rate of five per cent last year. OAG compared the carrier to its rank in 2019, which saw it occupy the same spot.
At the time, Air Canada’s on-time percentage count was 66 per cent.
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Officials blamed a major winter storm that hit the country just before the Christmas holidays, which made flying impossible. Despite this, Air Canada said in a December Operational Update It made about 17,000 flights, an average of about 1,000 daily flights or about one departure every 90 seconds each day between 22 December and 8 January.
Its daily flight completion rate was 91.5 percent, and its international flight completion rate was 98.3 percent. Air Canada added 2.18 million customers during that time frame, and had 35,681 employees — more than 1,000 more than in December 2019 when it had 34,653 employees.
Air Canada also made headlines over the summer when it announced it would cutting back on your flight schedule To handle flight delays and airport congestion in July and August. By that time, airports around the world were experiencing a boom in travel as many countries eased COVID-19 restrictions on passengers.
Among the world’s top 20 mega airlines, Japan continues to top the list with All Nippon Airways ranking first with an on-time percentage of 88.79 per cent, followed by Japan Airlines with 88.07 per cent.
The top 10 includes five US carriers, with Delta Air Lines in sixth place with 81.79 percent on-time flights.
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Among the top 20 most punctual mega airports in the world, Tokyo Haneda took the top spot. Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International tied for second, and Seattle-Tacoma International tied for third.
The data firm suggested that the number of on-time flights is slowly recovering after the volatility and disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Global on-time performance is approaching levels last seen before the pandemic, as carriers work to reduce operational pressures and delays,” said John Grant, principal analyst at OAG. in a news release.
“Confidence in travel recovery is rising with airlines placing new aircraft orders, announcing new routes and easing labor challenges.”
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