{"id":364406,"date":"2020-01-06T14:43:46","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T12:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=364406"},"modified":"2020-01-06T14:43:46","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T12:43:46","slug":"south-africas-most-on-time-airline-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/364406\/south-africas-most-on-time-airline-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa’s most on-time airline revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

OAG Aviation has published its punctuality report<\/a><\/strong> for 2020, highlighting the airlines with the best on-time records around the world.<\/p>\n

The report is based on 57.5 million flight records from 2019, creating a ranking of the best on-time performances (OTP) for the world\u2019s largest airlines.<\/p>\n

The best airline in the world is\u00a0Garuda Indonesia\u00a0which managed to operate 19 of every 20 flights on-time across the whole of 2019.<\/p>\n

That is 95% of flights arriving within 15 minutes of the scheduled arrival time. For an airline which operates 35% of flights out of the congested Soekarno-Hatta International Airport at Jakarta this is some achievement.<\/p>\n

Copa Airlines was ranked second in the world in 2019, having raised its on-time performance to 92% across the year.<\/p>\n

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Best in South Africa<\/strong><\/p>\n

Looking at a regional level, low-cost carrier Safair was named as the airline with best OTP score in Africa and the Middle-East.<\/p>\n

This is a considerable achievement considering it faces competition from major airlines such as Emirates and Etihad.<\/p>\n

OAG’s data shows that 95% of FlySafair’s flights arriving within 15 minutes of the scheduled arrival time.<\/p>\n

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South African Airways\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Travel data and analytics expert Cirium also published its list of on-time mainline airlines,<\/strong> with Russia\u2019s Aeroflot named as the world\u2019s most on-time mainline airline.<\/p>\n

According to Cirium, by size and region, 86.7% of Aeroflot\u2019s flights operated on-time in 2019. Japanese airline All Nippon Airways (ANA) came in second place with 86.3% of its flights on time.<\/p>\n

Last year\u2019s winner, Delta Air Lines, took third place in the global category with 85.7% of flights arriving on-time but topped the ranking in the North America category in both mainline and network.<\/p>\n

Under fire airline, South African Airways featured strongly in the mainline category for the Middle East and Africa region in the report. SAA placed fourth, with on-time arrivals at 79.38% and an average delay of 32 minutes.<\/p>\n

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Airports<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cirium\u2019s OTP Review also identified the world\u2019s most punctual airport, with Moscow\u2019s Sheremetyevo International (SVO) operating the most on-schedule departing flights, with 95% being on time.<\/p>\n

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