Global Airline On-time Arrival Performance Report December 2014
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Copyright @ 2015 VariFlight.com 2 Part I Major Airline On-time Arrival Performance Figure
Airline On-time Arrival Performance December 2014
Copyright @ 2015 VariFlight.com 3 Average On-time Arrival Performance by Nation in December 2014
•Figure 1 shows the average on- time arrival performance by nation in December 2014. The blue color represents the best on-time arrivals and red represents the worst on-time arrivals.
•Among the 55 countries covered in this report, Greece took the top spot with an average on-time arrival performance of 96.82%, followed Figure 1: Average On-time Arrival Performance by Nation in December 2014 Data: VariFlight.com by Latvia (96.47%) and Panama (94.94%). Puerto Rico had the lowest ranking with an average on-time arrival performance of less than 50%. Copyright @ 2015 VariFlight.com 4 Major Airline On- time Arrival Performance in December 2014
•Figure 2 shows major airline on-time arrival performance in December 2014. The blue color represents the best on- time arrivals and red represents the worst on-time arrivals.
•Aegean Airlines once again took the top spot with an on- Figure 2: Major Airline On-time Arrival Performance in December 2014 Data: VariFlight.com time arrival performance of 96.82%, followed by Air Baltic (96.46%), Iberia (95.84%) and Jeju Air (95.49%).
Copyright @ 2015 VariFlight.com 5 Part II Major Airline On-time Arrival Data
Airline On-time Arrival Performance December 2014
Copyright @ 2015 VariFlight.com 6 IATA Sample Very Excessively Rank Airline On-time Late Cancelled Code Size Late Late 81 CZ China Southern Airlines 55133 85.68% 5.17% 2.78% 6.37% 1.57%
106 MU China Eastern Airlines 44973 80.56% 7.30% 4.13% 8.00% 4.23%
68 CA Air China 31863 87.11% 4.65% 2.40% 5.83% 2.18%
8 JL Japan Airlines 21442 94.78% 2.61% 1.16% 1.45% 2.03%
15 NH All Nippon Airways 19449 93.98% 3.28% 1.28% 1.47% 1.91%
99 GA Garuda Indonesia 16894 82.99% 6.35% 3.32% 7.35% 0.30%
Asian Airlines 117 ZH Shenzhen Airlines 16706 76.87% 8.93% 4.95% 9.25% 1.53% On-time Arrival 92 6E IndiGo 15832 84.11% 4.30% 2.20% 9.39% 0.12% Data in December 103 HU Hainan Airlines 15326 81.82% 6.99% 3.45% 7.75% 1.97% 119 MF Xiamen Airlines 14637 76.59% 9.00% 5.09% 9.31% 1.53%
94 9W Jet Airways 14325 83.77% 5.17% 2.71% 8.36% 1.87%
55 MH Malaysia Airlines 13279 88.68% 4.65% 2.30% 4.37% 0.25%
51 AK AirAsia 13158 89.21% 4.31% 2.35% 4.13% 0.79%
77 3U Sichuan Airlines 11956 86.08% 5.26% 2.35% 6.31% 1.27%
125 AI Air India 11333 61.44% 8.95% 6.33% 23.29% 0.56%
24 KE Korean Air 11262 92.36% 3.52% 1.64% 2.48% 0.90%
69 SC Shandong Airlines 10690 87.09% 5.09% 2.64% 5.18% 1.38%
112 GS Tianjin Airlines 10670 78.68% 7.61% 4.19% 9.52% 1.55%
Table 1: Major Airline On-time Arrival Data in December 2014 Data: VariFlight.com
Copyright @ 2015 VariFlight.com 7 IATA Sample Very Excessively Rank Airline On-time Late Cancelled Code Size Late Late 60 VN Vietnam Airlines 8363 88.03% 4.83% 2.30% 4.84% 0.53%
67 OZ Asiana Airlines 8350 87.54% 5.93% 2.74% 3.78% 1.12%
58 CX Cathay Pacific Airways 7888 88.48% 6.76% 2.66% 2.10% 0.31%
17 FD Thai AirAsia 7832 93.79% 3.47% 1.24% 1.49% 0.01% 41 TG Thai Airway 7018 90.23% 5.84% 1.80% 2.14% 0.14% 11 SQ Singapore Airlines 6981 94.44% 2.86% 1.16% 1.53% 0.27% Asian Airlines 114 FM Shanghai Airlines 6897 77.89% 7.26% 4.64% 10.21% 6.50% On-time Arrival 110 JD Beijing Capital Airlines 6344 79.40% 7.99% 4.67% 7.94% 0.77% Data in December 116 9C Spring Airlines 6068 76.96% 7.65% 4.93% 10.46% 3.14% 57 DD Nok Air 5434 88.52% 4.95% 2.85% 3.68% 0.12% 108 HO Juneyao Airlines 5429 79.54% 6.78% 3.85% 9.84% 1.06% 111 CI China Airlines 5329 78.89% 9.36% 5.33% 6.42% 2.41% 93 KA Dragonair 4694 84.02% 8.61% 3.94% 3.43% 1.62% 113 8L Lucky Air 4444 78.15% 6.73% 3.29% 11.84% 0.70% 36 PG Bangkok Airways 4350 90.71% 4.34% 2.14% 2.80% 3.76% 91 QZ Indonesia AirAsia 4211 84.28% 8.12% 3.56% 4.04% 0.43% 115 BR EVA Airways 3904 77.13% 10.50% 4.46% 7.91% 0.66%
70 KN China United Airlines 3851 86.70% 4.54% 2.99% 5.76% 6.74%
Table 2: Major Airline On-time Arrival Data in December 2014 Data: VariFlight.com
Copyright @ 2015 VariFlight.com 8 IATA Sample Very Excessively Rank Airline On-time Late Cancelled Code Size Late Late
124 G8 GoAir 3081 68.00% 6.17% 4.48% 21.36% 1.08% 123 G5 China Express Airlines 3068 71.54% 6.58% 4.11% 17.76% 3.29% 39 GE TransAsia Airways 2975 90.25% 4.61% 2.59% 2.55% 3.58% 83 BK Okay Airways 2708 85.12% 4.69% 2.84% 7.35% 1.62% 127 2P PAL Express 2592 46.26% 6.37% 5.56% 41.82% 9.57%
64 EU Chengdu Airlines 2552 87.81% 3.57% 3.45% 5.17% 0.54% Asian Airlines 121 HX Hong Kong Airlines 2357 74.16% 11.41% 5.64% 8.78% 2.09%
On-time Arrival 4 7C Jeju Air 2330 95.49% 1.80% 1.12% 1.59% 0.11% Data in December 126 PK PIA 2310 51.95% 8.87% 6.45% 32.73% 4.59% 10 BX Air Busan 2253 94.58% 2.13% 1.07% 2.22% 0.98% 73 PN China West Air 2117 86.25% 4.77% 2.36% 6.61% 0.67%
21 GK Jetstar Japan 2109 92.79% 3.79% 1.52% 1.90% 0.44% 6 NU Japan Transocean Air 2078 95.14% 3.08% 0.91% 0.87% 0.95%
97 MM Peach Aviation 1993 83.24% 9.43% 3.51% 3.81% 0.16% 86 KY Kunming Airlines 1989 84.97% 5.53% 2.61% 6.89% 0.77%
19 HD Air Do 1721 93.26% 2.61% 1.63% 2.50% 0.67% 42 3K Jetstar Asia Airways 1718 90.22% 3.67% 2.10% 4.02% 0.90%
120 Z2 Zest Airways 1312 76.30% 6.71% 6.10% 10.90% 5.70%
Table 3: Major Airline On-time Arrival Data in December 2014 Data: VariFlight.com
Copyright @ 2015 VariFlight.com 9 IATA Sample Very Excessively Rank Airline On-time Late Cancelled Code Size Late Late 65 TK Turkish Airlines 31096 87.61% 5.39% 2.71% 4.29% 1.42%
34 U2 Easyjet 28523 91.24% 3.18% 1.77% 3.81% 0.93%
45 FR Ryanair 26175 89.85% 4.65% 2.03% 3.47% 1.13%
49 LH Lufthansa 24986 89.39% 4.39% 2.20% 4.02% 6.84%
37 AF Air France 21749 90.54% 4.48% 2.12% 2.86% 0.95%
87 BA British Airways 20997 84.84% 6.36% 3.18% 5.62% 0.97%
European Airlines 25 SK SAS 16909 92.19% 3.36% 1.71% 2.74% 1.33% On-time Arrival 26 KL KLM Royal Dutch Airlines 16276 91.96% 2.97% 1.74% 3.34% 1.50% Data in December 32 SU Aeroflot 16065 91.48% 3.59% 1.62% 3.31% 1.60% 30 AB Air Berlin 12892 91.74% 3.51% 1.70% 3.06% 0.63%
63 DY Norwegian Air Shuttle 11141 87.85% 5.13% 2.66% 4.37% 0.40%
23 VY Vueling Airlines 10154 92.53% 2.69% 1.50% 3.28% 0.49%
40 WF Wideroe 9721 90.25% 4.28% 2.26% 3.21% 2.26%
48 AZ Alitalia 9678 89.44% 4.87% 2.16% 3.53% 2.32%
80 LX SWISS 9243 85.77% 5.41% 2.92% 5.90% 1.81%
74 PC Pegasus Airlines 7660 86.23% 5.73% 2.77% 5.27% 1.41%
16 AY Finnair 7214 93.85% 2.95% 1.52% 1.68% 0.48%
47 4U Germanwings 7036 89.50% 4.21% 2.32% 3.98% 0.18%
Table 4: Major Airline On-time Arrival Data in December 2014 Data: VariFlight.com
Copyright @ 2015 VariFlight.com 10 IATA Sample Very Excessively Rank Airline On-time Late Cancelled Code Size Late Late 3 IB Iberia 6689 95.84% 1.91% 0.93% 1.32% 0.49%
101 TP TAP Portugal 6236 82.62% 5.61% 3.37% 8.40% 1.32%
12 UX Air Europa 5980 94.41% 1.84% 1.17% 2.58% 0.16%
61 S7 S7 Airlines 5773 87.98% 4.26% 2.84% 4.92% 0.89%
31 EI Aer Lingus 4701 91.64% 3.23% 1.85% 3.28% 0.30%
European Airlines 75 SN Brussels Airlines 4475 86.21% 5.74% 2.82% 5.23% 2.65% On-time Arrival 28 LO LOT Polish Airlines 4107 91.79% 4.41% 1.87% 1.92% 1.62% Data in December 1 A3 Aegean Airlines 4059 96.82% 1.36% 0.54% 1.28% 0.57% 2 BT Air Baltic 2776 96.47% 1.59% 0.76% 1.19% 0.81%
118 UT Utair 2690 76.84% 8.25% 4.13% 10.78% 1.81%
59 RO TAROM 2510 88.05% 3.71% 2.15% 6.10% 0.82%
53 VS Virgin Atlantic Airways 2319 89.00% 4.74% 2.59% 3.67% 0.50%
122 U6 Ural Airlines 2315 71.92% 7.95% 4.49% 15.64% 1.83%
14 OK Czech Airlines 1826 94.09% 2.25% 1.26% 2.41% 2.30%
72 JU Air Serbia 1719 86.33% 6.11% 2.85% 4.71% 0.59%
44 LG Luxair 1707 90.04% 4.34% 1.93% 3.69% 0.75%
Table 5: Major Airline On-time Arrival Data in December 2014 Data: VariFlight.com
Copyright @ 2015 VariFlight.com 11 IATA Sample Very Excessively Rank Airline On-time Late Cancelled Code Size Late Late 27 DL Delta Air Lines 143015 91.85% 2.47% 1.45% 4.23% 0.83%
95 UA United Airlines 137852 83.74% 4.58% 2.92% 8.76% 2.76%
98 AA American Airlines 101370 83.16% 4.71% 2.86% 9.27% 2.18%
85 WN Southwest Airlines 99824 85.01% 5.23% 3.04% 6.72% 0.77%
50 US US Airways 86407 89.36% 3.78% 2.18% 4.68% 1.39%
56 AC Air Canada 43690 88.58% 4.08% 2.06% 5.29% 2.53%
North American 52 B6 JetBlue Airways 25777 89.04% 3.91% 2.11% 4.95% 0.37% Airlines 29 AS Alaska Airlines 24767 91.78% 3.00% 1.59% 3.63% 1.11% On-time Arrival 43 WS WestJet 15959 90.06% 4.29% 1.97% 3.68% 1.43% Data in December 79 NK Spirit Airlines 9004 86.01% 4.10% 2.71% 7.19% 0.33% 107 F9 Frontier Airlines 7823 80.33% 5.37% 3.22% 11.08% 0.54%
35 9K Cape Air 7616 91.08% 4.11% 1.83% 2.98% 4.83%
5 HA Hawaiian Airlines 7217 95.48% 2.02% 0.58% 1.91% 0.36%
109 VX Virgin America 4856 79.43% 4.02% 3.11% 13.45% 1.20%
90 PD Porter Airlines 4476 84.38% 5.32% 3.31% 6.99% 5.64%
105 G4 Allegiant Air 4297 81.06% 5.10% 3.40% 10.45% 0.00%
102 3M Silver Airways 3395 82.15% 4.68% 2.80% 10.37% 3.79%
88 ZK Great Lakes Aviation 2403 84.64% 4.62% 2.66% 8.07% 4.36%
Table 6: Major Airline On-time Arrival Data in December 2014 Data: VariFlight.com
Copyright @ 2015 VariFlight.com 12 IATA Sample Very Excessively Rank Airline On-time Late Cancelled Code Size Late Late South American 46 G3 GOL 26535 89.70% 4.86% 2.27% 3.17% 1.27% Airlines 96 AV Avianca 21470 83.67% 5.12% 2.98% 8.23% 1.43% 38 JJ TAM Airlines 21263 90.26% 4.17% 2.03% 3.55% 0.43%
On-time Arrival 100 AR Aerolines Aegentinas 8523 82.81% 5.17% 3.66% 8.35% 2.19% Data in December 7 CM Copa Airlines 7357 94.94% 2.46% 1.05% 1.55% 0.21% 66 BW Caribbean Airlines 2881 87.57% 3.82% 2.22% 6.39% 0.00%
Table 7: Major Airline On-time Arrival Data in December 2014 Data: VariFlight.com
Copyright @ 2015 VariFlight.com 13 Oceanian Airlines IATA Sample Very Excessively Rank Airline On-time Late Cancelled On-time Arrival Code Size Late Late 9 NZ Air New Zealand 15325 94.70% 2.39% 1.29% 1.61% 0.14%
Data in December 76 JQ Jetstar Airways 9521 86.17% 4.86% 2.81% 6.15% 1.98%
33 ZL Regional Express 4256 91.24% 3.81% 2.00% 2.96% 4.14%
Table 8: Major Airline On-time Arrival Data in December 2014 Data: VariFlight.com
Copyright @ 2015 VariFlight.com 14 IATA Sample Very Excessively Rank Airline On-time Late Cancelled Code Size Late Late 13 SV Saudi Arabian Airlines 14939 94.14% 1.89% 1.08% 2.89% 0.20%
54 EK Emirates 14338 88.95% 5.05% 2.20% 3.80% 0.13%
20 QR Qatar Airways 11311 92.89% 2.51% 1.32% 3.28% 0.14%
Middle East & 104 EY Etihad Airways 7077 81.35% 7.40% 3.83% 7.42% 0.14% African Airlines 71 MS EgyptAir 5963 86.35% 4.95% 2.57% 6.14% 7.36% On-time Arrival 82 FZ Flydubai 5325 85.18% 5.80% 2.89% 6.12% 0.55% Data in December 78 ET Ethiopian Airlines 5162 86.05% 5.40% 2.32% 6.22% 0.59% 18 SA South African Airways 4199 93.76% 2.86% 1.52% 1.86% 0.68%
84 KQ Kenya Airways 3949 85.08% 5.87% 3.44% 5.60% 2.83%
22 GF Gulf Air 3216 92.60% 2.64% 1.68% 3.08% 1.95%
89 RJ Royal Jordanian Airlines 2361 84.41% 4.24% 1.82% 9.53% 3.22%
62 LY El Al Israel Airlines 1935 87.96% 6.36% 2.27% 3.41% 0.34%
Table 9: Major Airline On-time Arrival Data in December 2014 Data: VariFlight.com
Copyright @ 2015 VariFlight.com 15 Appendix
Definitions in the Report
Definitions of Delays On-time: A flight is considered on-time if it lands (as the wheels touch ground) less than 30 minutes after the scheduled arrival time. Late: A flight is classified as late if it lands 30-45 minutes after the scheduled arrival time. Very Late: A flight is classified as very late if it lands 45-60 minutes after the scheduled arrival time. Excessively Late: A flight is classified as excessively late if it lands 60 minutes after the scheduled arrival time.
Sample Size, Cancellations and Flight Completions Sample Size: Sample size data is a count of the number of an airline's flights for which VariFlight was able to capture actual departure, arrival or cancellation data. On-time & Delay Calculations: The calculation of an airline’s on-time arrival and delayed flight percentages include only those flights that were completed and for which VariFlight was able to collect final status. Cancelled flights are not included in the delay calculations by subtracting the number of cancellations from Sample Size before calculating on-time percentage. Cancellation: The number of cancelled flights is divided by the Sample Size.
Table 10 Airline Actual Flight Data Airline Selection Criteria and Rank Coverage Among the world's major 200 airlines with the largest number of scheduled flights, typically 80% coverage is needed for an airline to be included in the analysis (However, in Coverage Airline Number Asia and Europe the coverage threshold was set at 70% to include a couple of key airlines 90%+ 88 in the analysis). VariFlight has selected 127 major airlines to be ranked by their on-time 80%-90% 20 arrivals. 70%-80% 19 Table 10 shows the actual flight data coverage of the 127 major airlines.
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