Indonesian airline Batik Air is probably the most punctual airline in Southeast Asia and 56th on the planet in March 2018. It is reported that 90.9 percent of Batik Air’s 11,774 departures and arrivals occur inside quarter-hour of schedule.
Second place goes to Singaporean low-cost airline Scoot with an on-time performance (OTP) of 88.1%, and Singapore Airlines is third with 87.5%. Bangkok Airways and Garuda Indonesia rank fourth and fifth with an OTP of 86.3% and 79.8%, respectively.
Ranking prepared by View from the OAG flighta number one UK-based provider of digital flight information, relies on March 2018 data from tens of millions of flights to supply rankings of the perfect on-time performance of airlines and airports.
In Southeast Asia, the rating is as follows:
– said Directorate General of Civil Aviation Agus Santoso on the Indonesian Ministry of Transport Jakarta Post Office, punctuality can increase passengers’ trust in airlines, thus having a positive impact on the aviation industry.
“Punctuality is an important form of passenger service because, in addition to purchasing a route, they also purchase flight time. By boarding on time, passengers can also arrive as per the flight schedule,” Agus said.
Water Batik operates as much as 280 flights a day to 41 domestic and 4 international destinations to Singapore, Malaysia, India and Australia.
To qualify for the OAG Flightview list, airlines must log no less than 80 percent of the route data of all programmed and operated flights and take off or land inside quarter-hour or less of the established schedule.
According to aviation professionals, Globally, there are two foremost entities that measure the punctuality of all airlines on the planet; OAG FlightView and FlightStats, which monitor the on-time performance of over 450 airlines and 1,200 airports world wide every month.
