Cirium defines an on-time flight as one that arrives at its destination airport within 15 minutes of its scheduled arrival time. For the Global Airlines category, only the top 10% of all passenger airlines by capacity are included, with each airline being required to serve at least three regions.
The second spot was taken by Saudia, securing an 89.70% punctuality score, followed by Azul with 88.45% . Qatar Airways and WestJet took the fourth and fifth spots with 87.47% and 84.66% of flights on-time respectively.
For the European Airlines category, only the top 30% of all passenger airlines by capacity are included.
Europe:
- SAS was crowned the most on-time airline in Europe last month, with 84.43% of flights arriving on-time.
- Finnair was in second position, with 84.28% of all flights arriving on-time.
- Iberia, Norwegian and Volotea also made the top five, offering customers punctual service on over 82% of flights.
- No UK airline was featured in the top ten.
Cancellations:
- Flight cancellations across Europe decreased in October by 12.47%, with 6,143 cancelled flights compared to 7,018 in September.
