On-time performance (OTP) is becoming an increasingly beneficial marketing message for airlines and airports around the globe as the newest OAG results for 2018 are released.
58 million flights were tracked, including one special service in 25vol December, it is obvious that many airlines are linking on-time flights to their broader business success.
The most punctual airline in 2018 is Copa Airlines, followed by airBaltic and Hong Kong Airlines; carriers in three very different markets which have focused heavily on this KPI over the past few years.
Among the airports, the brand new entity – Minsk – achieved the very best level of on-time performance, followed by Panama City in second place and Osaka in third place.
Of course, a whole lot of attention was paid to the Mega Airlines category, and the standout performer on this category was LATAM Airlines Group, followed by Japan’s two largest airlines, All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines. For LATAM Airlines, which has complex operations in many alternative Latin American countries, the outcomes are particularly impressive.
The key challenges highlighted in previous annual reports appear to have resulted in some improvement; it was most impressive in China, where the three largest local airlines made significant progress year-on-year. Similarly, the impact of external aspects on airline performance, comparable to labor disputes and weather, has clearly impacted the performance of some carriers in Europe.
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With 2019 already showing capability gains across all markets, the challenges of maintaining on-time delivery will increase as pressures on various infrastructure components proceed to affect performance. There is little doubt that airlines and airports will meet the challenges ahead and can strive to keep up current levels of performance.
And that is it Top 20 airlines with by OTPbased on OAG:
Meanwhile, for Mega airports category, listed here are the main points:
Seven of the highest 20 airports on this category are in North America, with one other six within the Asia-Pacific region. The six largest airports in Europe also made the highest 20 on this category.
The average on-time performance in 2018 among the many world’s largest airports was 77.1%, which suggests that this percentage of arriving and departing flights were operated inside quarter-hour of the scheduled arrival and departure times. The average data coverage for these 20 airports was 94.3%
Source : Official OAG report
