Japanese airlines top the time tables

JAPAN Airlines was the most punctual large airline in 2017 with on-time performance of 85.27%. ANA All Nippon Airways was second and Delta Air Lines third in the OAG report.

The top 20 included a broad geographic spread with six airlines from Asia-pacific, six European airlines, one airline from Latin America and seven North American airlines.

“British Airways (10th) and easyjet (15th) are holding their own amongst their global counterparts,” says John Grant, Senior Analyst at OAG. “In a highly competitive environment, it’s great to see them reporting an impressive OTP.”

London Heathrow was the tenth most punctually operating airport worldwide in the ‘mega airport’ category with Tokyo Haneda topping the chart. Birmingham was the best performing globally in the ‘medium airport’ category.