Azul Airlines has been named as the global leader for airline on-time performance for 2022 by Cirium, the global aviation analytics leader. Despite the challenging operational environment caused by the pandemic, many airlines and airports worldwide excelled, with Delta Air Lines being honoured with the Cirium Platinum Award for global operational excellence for the second consecutive year. This award considers a number of factors including on-time performance, operational complexity and an airline’s ability to limit the impact of flight disruption to its passengers.
The winners in other regions are Delta Air Lines in North America, Thai AirAsia for Asia Pacific, Oman Air for the Middle East and Africa, Azul in Latin America and Iberia in Europe. StarFlyer was the leading low-cost carrier and Haneda Airport was the top airport performer globally.
An on-time flight is defined as a flight that arrives within 15 minutes of the scheduled gate arrival. For an airport, it is defined as departing within 15 minutes of its scheduled departure.
Jeremy Bowen, Cirium CEO said: “Congratulations to Delta Air Lines for its excellent performance in Cirium’s 2022 On-Time Performance Review, getting its passengers to their destinations on time as the sector revived during 2022. Ramping back up operations so quickly after an enforced slowdown is not easy to do and the top-ranked airlines and airports in Cirium’s 2022 On-Time Performance Review deserve their recognition for this well-orchestrated achievement.”
Airline | On time ranking | On time arrival | Total flights |
(AD) Azul | 1 | 88.93% | 279,722 |
(NH) ANA | 2 | 88.61% | 162,370 |
(JL) JAL | 3 | 88.00% | 165,981 |
(LA) LATAM Airlines | 4 | 86.31% | 451,651 |
(DL) Delta Air Lines | 5 | 83.63% | 1,004,684 |
(AV) SA AVIANCA | 6 | 83.48% | 144,525 |
(EK) Emirates | 7 | 81.30% | 137,589 |
(UA) United Airlines | 8 | 80.46% | 789,200 |
(QR) Qatar Airways | 9 | 78.32% | 152,377 |
(AA) American Airlines | 10 | 78.29% | 1,076,100 |
The top performing global airports of 2022 were:
Airport | On time ranking | On time departure | Total flights |
(HND) Haneda Airport | 1 | 90.33% | 373,264 |
(BLR) Kempegowda International Airport | 2 | 84.08% | 201,897 |
(SLC) Salt Lake City International Airport | 3 | 83.87% | 226,545 |
(DTW) Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport | 4 | 82.62% | 271,963 |
(PHL) Philadelphia International Airport | 5 | 82.54% | 233,777 |
(MSP) Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport | 6 | 81.95% | 276,346 |
(DEL) Indira Gandhi International Airport | 7 | 81.84% | 411,205 |
(SEA) Seattle-Tacoma International Airport | 8 | 81.04% | 383,250 |
(BOG) El Dorado International Airport | 9 | 80.72% | 273,721 |
(CLT) Charlotte Douglas International Airport | 10 | 80.68% | 457,871 |
In North America the top ten airlines were:
Airline | On time ranking | On time arrival | Total flights |
(DL) Delta Air Lines | 1 | 83.63% | 1,004,684 |
(UA) United Airlines | 2 | 80.46% | 789,200 |
(AS) Alaska Airlines | 3 | 80.36% | 243,072 |
(AA) American Airlines | 4 | 78.29% | 1,076,100 |
(WN) Southwest Airlines | 5 | 74.06% | 1,336,888 |
(F9) Frontier Airlines | 6 | 68.32% | 170,047 |
(B6) JetBlue Airways | 7 | 66.35% | 343,673 |
(G4) Allegiant Air | 8 | 65.93% | 117,469 |
(WS) WestJet | 9 | 59.10% | 94,663 |
(AC) Air Canada | 10 | 54.51% | 150,602 |
In Europe the leading airlines were:
Airline | On time ranking | On time arrival | Total flights |
(IB) Iberia | 1 | 85.87% | 91,154 |
(UX) Air Europa | 2 | 84.10% | 48,163 |
(I2) Iberia Express | 3 | 83.80% | 35,665 |
(VY) Vueling | 4 | 82.04% | 197,546 |
(OS) Austrian | 5 | 82.00% | 95,708 |
(DY) Norwegian Air Shuttle | 6 | 81.29% | 71,561 |
(AZ) ITA Airways | 7 | 80.29% | 91,841 |
(D8) Norwegian Air Sweden | 8 | 79.03% | 41,215 |
(AY) Finnair | 9 | 75.16% | 45,727 |
(LO) LOT – Polish Airlines | 10 | 75.08% | 85,902 |
In Latin America the results were:
Airline | On time ranking | On time arrival | Total flights |
(AD) Azul | 1 | 88.93% | 279,722 |
(H2) Sky Airline | 2 | 88.74% | 27,161 |
(CM) Copa Airlines | 3 | 88.02% | 104,083 |
(LA) LATAM Airlines | 4 | 86.31% | 451,651 |
(AV) SA AVIANCA | 5 | 83.48% | 144,525 |
(AR) Aerolineas Argentinas | 6 | 82.02% | 94,982 |
(AM) Aeromexico | 7 | 75.83% | 113,814 |
(Y4) Volaris | 8 | 71.61% | 187,502 |
In Asia Pacific the leaders were:
Airline | On time ranking | On time arrival | Total flights |
(FD) Thai AirAsia | 1 | 91.56% | 66,043 |
(NH) ANA | 2 | 88.61% | 162,370 |
(JL) JAL | 3 | 88.00% | 165,981 |
(HO) Juneyao Airlines | 4 | 86.65% | 88,115 |
(6E) IndiGo | 5 | 84.11% | 561,864 |
(I5) AirAsia India | 6 | 83.70% | 60,882 |
(NZ) Air New Zealand | 7 | 81.29% | 156,591 |
(MH) Malaysia Airlines | 8 | 80.99% | 95,962 |
(UK) Vistara | 9 | 80.98% | 87,901 |
(MM) Peach Aviation | 10 | 79.81% | 56,176 |
In the Middle East and Africa the most on-time airlines were:
Airline | On time ranking | On time arrival | Total flights |
(WY) Oman Air | 1 | 91.38% | 29,631 |
(RJ) Royal Jordanian | 2 | 86.76% | 28,887 |
(KU) Kuwait Airways | 3 | 81.64% | 25,982 |
(EK) Emirates | 4 | 81.30% | 137,589 |
(QR) Qatar Airways | 5 | 78.32% | 152,377 |
(ET) Ethiopian Airlines | 6 | 77.30% | 102,571 |
(ME) Middle East Airlines | 7 | 75.91% | 20,654 |
(AT) Royal Air Maroc | 8 | 72.01% | 45,062 |
(LY) EL AL | 9 | 69.80% | 23,274 |
(SV) Saudia | 10 | 69.75% | 172,797 |
The leading low cost carriers were:
Airline | On time ranking | On time arrival | Total flights |
(7G) StarFlyer | 1 | 95.23% | 21,894 |
(6J) Solaseed Air | 2 | 94.53% | 27,486 |
(FD) Thai AirAsia | 3 | 91.56% | 66,043 |
(AD) Azul | 4 | 88.93% | 279,722 |
(H2) Sky Airline | 5 | 88.74% | 27,161 |
(HD) Air Do | 6 | 88.34% | 22,187 |
(6E) IndiGo | 7 | 84.11% | 561,864 |
(I2) Iberia Express | 8 | 83.80% | 35,665 |
(I5) AirAsia India | 9 | 83.70% | 60,882 |
(VY) Vueling | 10 | 82.04% | 197,546 |