Airline punctuality rankings
- January 5, 2019
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Hong Kong Airlines once again claims the title as the most punctual airline in Asia-Pacific, and the third most punctual worldwide, according to OAG’s Punctuality League 2019, which is the most comprehensive annual ranking of on-time performance (OTP) for the world’s airlines and airports.
Qantas leads Australia & New Zealand airlines for OTP with 85.65% of flights on time in 2018. This is only slightly down on the previous year when OTP was 86.18%. Virgin Australia comes in second with OTP of 78.32%, followed by Air New Zealand with 76.70%. Air New Zealand drops out of the Top 10 for the region for the first time, dropping from No.8 last year.
Table 1 – Top 5 Australia & NZ Airlines
1 Qantas Airways QF 85.65%
2 Virgin Australia VA 78.32%
3 Air New Zealand NZ 76.70%
4 Jetstar Airways JQ 74.33%
5 Tigerair Australia TT 69.35%
Meanwhile Cairns (CNS) tops the rankings for Australia and New Zealand airports again this year with 83.7% of flights categorised as on-time. Adelaide is second with 82.95% of flights on time, up from 4th place last year.
All 10 airports have seen reductions in OTP compared to last year. Average OTP across the 10 airports last year was 80.9% whilst in 2018, this fell to 78.29%. Auckland (AKL) and Melbourne (MEL) in particular have seen OTP fall by over 4 percentage points.
Table 2- Top 10 Australia & New Zealand Airports
1 Cairns CNS 83.70%
2 Adelaide ADL 82.95%
3 Brisbane BNE 82.58%
4 Perth PER 81.94%
5 Wellington WLG 80.23%
6 Christchurch CHC 80.21%
7 Sydney SYD 76.10%
8 Gold Coast OOL 76.05%
9 Auckland AKL 75.87%
10 Melbourne MEL 74.69%
Top Asia Pacific Airlines for On-time Punctuality (OTP)
Rank Airlines OTP 2018
1 Hong Kong Airlines 88.76%
2 Bangkok Airways 87.86%
3 Qantas Airways 85.86%
4 Air Astana 84.96%
5 All Nippon Airways 84.38%
6 Jetstar Asia 84.26%
7 Japan Airlines 84.07%
8 Singapore Airlines 83.47%
9 IndiGo 82.75%
10 Solaseed 82.56%
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