Airline Punctuality Report June 2021 — The Most Comprehensive Ranking

Once again, we analyzed the punctuality data of the world’s airlines and presented the most comprehensive airline punctuality report. Here’s what’s contained in detail:

Airline Punctuality Report — Ranking By Airline Size
Major Airlines Top 15
Mid-Sized Airlines Top 15
Small Airlines Top 15

Airline Punctuality Report — Ranking By Region
Asia Pacific Top 15
Europe, Middle East & Africa Top 15
North America Top 15
Latin America Top 15

Airline Punctuality Report — Most Unpunctual Airlines
Top 15 Most Unpunctual AIrlines

Airline Punctuality Report — Ranking By Airline Size

Major Airlines Top 15

Major airlines are carriers with more than 10,000 monthly flights.

Similar to the last ranking, Spanish airlines continue to deliver an outstanding punctuality performance. However, this month, Japanese airlines slightly stole the show and ranked first and second.

Key Take-Aways

• All Nippon Airlines recorded an exceptional performance of 97.7%, making them the world’s most punctual major airline.
• Japan Airlines follows on position two with an on-time performance of 96.0%.
• Besides Iberia and Vueling, Indigo, Ryanair, KLM, LATAM, and Aeroflot also achieved more than 90% punctuality.
• Despite operating a much higher flight volume (~130,000 flights), Delta Air Lines managed to maintain a stable punctuality and ranks 13th.

Rank	IATA	Airline	Country	Arrival OTP	No. Flights
1	NH	All Nippon Airways	Japan	97.7%	19,446
2	JL	Japan Airlines	Japan	96.0%	14,418
3	IB	Iberia	Spain	95.1%	10,393
4	VY	Vueling	Spain	94.6%	10,100
5	6E	Indigo	India	93.4%	17,669
6	FR	Ryanair	Ireland	92.8%	38,355
7	KL	KLM	Netherlands	91.5%	12,708
8	LA	LATAM	Chile	91.0%	20,094
9	SU	Aeroflot	Russia	90.0%	23,877
10	AD	Azul Airlines	Brazil	89.6%	17,233
11	U2	Easyjet	United Kingdom	89.0%	12,310
12	AV	Avianca	Colombia	88.3%	10,089
13	DL	Delta Air Lines	United States	86.7%	129,898
14	TK	Turkish Airlines	Turkey	86.7%	26,174
15	LH	Lufthansa	Germany	84.9%	16,088

Mid-Sized Airlines Top 15

Mid-sized airlines are carriers with more than 1,000 and less than 10,000 monthly flights.

When looking at the most punctual mid-sized airlines, carriers from Japan again play an essential role. Besides Skymark (#1), Jetstar Japan, and Japan Transocean made it into the Top 15.

Key Take-Aways

• With Garuda Indonesia, Singapore Airlines, Vistara, Thai Lion Air, and Philippine Airlines, we have another five Asian airlines on the ranking.
• As a result, more than half of the Top 15 punctual mid-sized airlines are from Asia.
• Moreover, worth mentioning that all airlines on the Top 15 achieved an on-time performance above 93%.

Rank	IATA	Airline	Country	Arrival OTP	No. Flights
1	BC	Skymark Airlines	Japan	98.1%	2,839
2	GA	Garuda Indonesia	Indonesia	97.6%	4,496
3	X3	TUIfly	Germany	96.7%	1,883
4	SQ	Singapore Airlines	Singapore	96.1%	2,618
5	GK	Jetstar Japan	Japan	95.9%	1,158
6	DY	Norwegian	Norway	95.7%	2,176
7	FA	Safair	South Africa	95.4%	1,830
8	UK	Vistara	India	94.3%	2,299
9	SL	Thai Lion Air	Thailand	93.7%	1,098
10	WS	WestJet	Canada	93.6%	3,904
11	MN	Comair	South Africa	93.4%	1,024
12	NU	Japan Transocean	Japan	93.3%	1,285
13	G3	GOL	Brazil	93.2%	8,206
14	OU	Croatia Airlines	Croatia	93.2%	1,416
15	PR	Philippine Airlines	Philippines	93.1%	2,420

Small Airlines Top 15

Small airlines are carriers with more than 100 and less than 1,000 monthly flights.

When looking at smaller airlines, Thailand’s airlines seem to dominate the Airline Punctuality Report. Based on the punctuality of 98.6%, Thai Smile Airways ranks first, followed by Bangkok Airways (98.2%) and Thai AirAsia (97.6%). Besides that, we have a mixed field of airlines from Europe, Africa, North-, and Latin America.

Moreover, worth mentioning that all airlines on the Top 15 achieved an on-time performance above 94%.

Rank	IATA	Airline	Country	Arrival OTP	No. Flights
1	WE	Thai Smile Airways	Thailand	98.6%	466
2	PG	Bangkok Airways	Thailand	98.2%	220
3	FD	Thai AirAsia	Thailand	97.6%	532
4	E5	Air Arabia Egypt	Egypt	97.2%	427
5	JX	Starlux Airline	China	97.1%	208
6	8P	Pacific Coastal Airlines	Canada	96.4%	905
7	LTR	Lufttransport	Norway	96.0%	104
8	BS	US-Bangla Airlines	Bangladesh	95.5%	112
9	SB	Air Caledonie	New Caledonia	95.5%	148
10	D2	Severstal Aircompany	Russia	95.0%	799
11	GM	Chair Airlines	Switzerland	94.8%	128
12	GE	Global Aviation Operations	South Africa	94.6%	220
13	XL	LATAM Ecuador	Ecuador	94.6%	530
14	3W	Malawian Airlines	Malawi	94.4%	161
15	FL	Air Leap	Sweden	94.3%	599

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Airline Punctuality Report — Ranking By Region

With the following rankings by region, we include all airlines that operated more than 100 flights in June.

Asia Pacific Top 15

As already mentioned, Asian airlines perform exceptionally well in terms of punctuality at the moment. All airlines in the top 15 achieved an on-time performance above 94% — which is an outstanding result. Again, carriers from Thailand and Japan dominate the ranking — with four airlines from each country.

Rank	IATA	Airline	Country	Arrival OTP	No. Flights
1	WE	Thai Smile Airways	Thailand	98.6%	466
2	PG	Bangkok Airways	Thailand	98.2%	220
3	BC	Skymark Airlines	Japan	98.1%	2,839
4	NH	All Nippon Airways	Japan	97.7%	19,446
5	GA	Garuda Indonesia	Indonesia	97.6%	4,496
6	FD	Thai Air Asia	Thailand	97.6%	532
7	JX	Starlux Airlines	China	97.1%	208
8	SQ	Singapore Airlines	Singapore	96.1%	2,618
9	JL	Japan Airlines	Japan	96.0%	14,418
10	GK	Jetstar Japan	Japan	95.9%	1,158
11	BS	US-Banla Airlines	Bangladesh	95.5%	112
12	SB	Air Caledonie	New Caledonia	95.5%	148
13	UK	Vistara	India	94.3%	2,299
14	4H	Hi Air	South Korea	94.1%	284
15	TG	Thai Airways	Thailand	94.1%	457

Europe, Middle East & Africa Top 15

When looking at Europe, Middle East, and Africa, the punctuality report shows some interesting results. Besides the top players from Spain (Vueling and Iberia), most airlines’ top 15 are smaller carriers. Although TUIfly and Safair performed more than 1,800 flights, most carriers performed less than 1,000 flights.

Rank	IATA	Airline	Country	Arrival OTP	No. Flights
1	E5	Air Arabia Egypt	Egypt	97.2%	427
2	X3	TUIfly	Germany	96.7%	1,883
3	LTR	Lufttransport	Norway	96.0%	104
4	DY	Norwegian	Norway	95.7%	2,176
5	FA	Safair	South Africa	95.4%	1,830
6	IB	Iberia	Spain	95.1%	10,393
7	D2	Severstal	Russia	95.0%	799
8	GM	Chair Airlines	Switzerland	94.8%	128
9	GE	Global Aviation Operations	South Africa	94.6%	220
10	VY	Vueling	Spain	94.6%	10,100
11	3W	Malawian Airlines	Malawi	94.4%	161
12	FL	Air Leap	Sweden	94.3%	599
13	ZB	Air Albania	Albania	94.3%	238
14	MN	Comair	South Africa	93.4%	1,024
15	OU	Croatia Airlines	Croatia	93.2%	1,416

North America Top 15

The North American Top 15 most punctual airlines can be titled “light and shadow.” Pacific Coastal, Westjet, and Swoop (all based in Canada) achieved very solid OTP above 90%. However, the ranking also includes carriers with punctuality results below 80%. In fact, Spirit Airlines, Air North, and American Airlines reported punctuality even below 75%

Rank	IATA	Airline	Country	Arrival OTP	No. Flights
1	8P	Pacific Coastal Airlines	Canada	96.4%	905
2	WS	Westjet	Canada	93.6%	3,904
3	WO	Swoop	Canada	92.5%	334
4	AC	Air Canda	Canada	88.1%	8,615
5	HA	Hawaiian Airlines	United States	87.5%	6,035
6	DL	Delta Air Lines	United States	86.7%	129,989
7	7Q	Elite Airways	United States	85.0%	150
8	SY	Sun Country Airlines	United States	84.3%	1,978
9	9K	Cape Air	United States	83.1%	9,608
10	AS	Alaska Airlines	United States	80.8%	33,862
11	PB	PAL Airlines	Canada	78.5%	1,481
12	UA	United Airlines	United States	75.3%	106,801
13	AA	American Airlines	United States	74.4%	173,464
14	4N	Air North	Canada	74.3%	290
15	NK	Spirit Airlines	United States	73.5%	18,685

Latin America Top 15

The Latin American results are similar to North America. With LATAM Ecuador, GOL, Copa, and LATAM, we have few top players that achieved punctuality above 90%. However, with Seaborne and Volaris, we also have airlines in the top 15 that operated punctuality below 80%.

Rank	IATA	Airline	Country	Arrival OTP	No. Flights
1	XL	LATAM Ecuador	Ecuador	94.6%	530
2	G3	GOL	Brazil	93.2%	8,206
3	CM	Copa Airlines	Panama	91.8%	5,333
4	LA	LATAM	Chile	91.0%	20,094
5	AD	Azul Airlines	Brazil	89.6%	17,233
6	AV	Avianca	Colombia	88.3%	10,089
7	Q6	Volaris Costa Rica	Costa Rica	88.0%	304
8	VV	Viva Air Peru	Peru	88.0%	357
9	TA	TACA	El Salvador	87.7%	228
10	VH	Viva Air Colombia	Colombia	86.1%	3,198
11	H2	Sky Airlines	Chile	82.5%	1,719
12	AR	Aerolineas Argentina	Argentina	82.4%	1,515
13	BW	Caribbean Airlines	Trinidad & Tobago	80.5%	528
14	BB	Seaborne Airlines	Virgin Islands	79.2%	1,010
15	Y4	Volaris	Mexico	77.2%	12,701

Airline Punctuality Report — Most Unpunctual Airlines

Flop 15 Most Unpunctual Airlines

Finally, a look at the most unpunctual airlines. Shocking to see that four airlines achieved punctuality of 0%. And even more surprising to see China Express, an airline that operated more than 40,000 flights and ranks among the busiest airlines of the month, reported punctuality of 0.1%.

Rank	IATA	Airline	Country	Arrival OTP	No. Flights
1	BU	Compagnie Africaine	Congo	0.0%	441
2	IE	Solomon Airlines	Solomon Islands	0.0%	536
3	LT	LongJiang Airlines	China	0.0%	236
4	DZ	Donghai Airlines	China	0.0%	1,666
5	G5	China Express Airlines	China	0.1%	40,037
6	R3	Yakutia Airlines	Russia	0.9%	1,114
7	9C	Spring Airlines	China	15.3%	13,843
8	RA	Nepal Airlines	Nepal	16.1%	162
9	G8	GoAir	India	19.6%	8,051
10	U6	Ural Airlines	Russia	31.9%	6,749
11	2I	Star Peru	Peru	32.9%	660
12	OD	Malindo Airways	Malaysia	38.2%	662
13	IF	Fly Baghdad	Iraq	40.0%	260
14	KX	Cayman Airways	Cayman Island	40.6%	617
15	JQ	Jetstar Airways	Australia	41.0%	7,510

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Data Source: OAG Airline Punctuality League