Flights: these airlines that have a punctual problem
Are you planning your next vacation? Are the sacro-saint choices of destination, accommodation and on-site transportation on track? This is the time of the inevitable moment: choosing the flight that suits you best. Because yes, which says travel often says obligatory stop at the airport box. Often a symbol of adventure and change, it can also be an unbearable source of stress. Noisy suitcases, endless queue at check-in desks, and especially flight delays.
Do you want to leave the mind quiet and avoid pearing more than necessary in the boarding room? OAG, based on annual OTP (On Time Performance) data, has taken stock of the most ad hoc airlines. In the group of bad students, the donkey is returned to Air Inuit, a Canadian company with only 41% of its flights on time.
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#1. Air Inuit – 41.6 per cent
Canadian airline, Air Inuit provides passenger and cargo transportation primarily in Canada and the United States. Its repetitive delays would be due to the sometimes extreme temperatures to which its fleet of aircraft must face, mainly covering the territories of northern Canada. Over a year, more than half ( 58.4 per cent ) flights offered by Air Inuit have thus arrived late.
#2. AVIOR Airlines - 52.7 %
The Venezuelan company AVIOR Airlines, added to the black list of the European Union, has been banned from flights in European airspace since 2017 “because of unresolved deficiencies that have been detected by the European Aviation Safety Agency”. At the bottom of the scale in terms of punctuality, Avior Airlines has recorded 52.7% flights within 12 months.
#3. Sunwing Airlines - 56.0%
Sunwing Airlines, a low cost Canadian airline, offers flight services in Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and Europe. Alone 56 per cent of them, over a period of twelve months, were in time.
#4. Shenzhen Airlines – 56.1 %
Shenzhen Airlines is a low-cost Chinese airline that mainly connects China's major cities with each other. Its network also covers Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Thailand and Singapore. One-time level, its results are significantly close to those of Shenzen Airlines, with 56.1 per cent One-time flights.
#5. Philippines AirAsia - 56.5 %
Philippine subsidiary of the Malaysian company AirAsia, Philippines AirAsia serves Manila and the Philippines. On all flights, 56.5 per cent of them respected the schedule announced to the travellers.
#6. Indonesia AirAsia X - 56.9 %
Indonesia AirAsia X is a joint venture between AirAsia X and Indonesia AirAsia. Like most AirAsia subsidiaries, it is regularly pointed to its many delayed flights. And for cause, many of his flights ( 43.1 per cent ) do not arrive on time.
#7. Air India – 58.4 %
India’s national airline, Air India serves about 80 destinations, including 50 in the Indian territory from Mumbai and Delhi. His regular delays ( 41.6 per cent one-year delay in flights) would be due to its " hubs and spoke" model (in star). The latter consists of concentrating and distributing a company’s flights to a maximum of travel combinations. This technique allows to fill considerably larger aircraft but requires Air India to wait for passengers in correspondence.
#8. Avianca Costa Rica - 58.7 per cent
Costa Rica’s national airline, its flights range from South America to Central America. In one year, 58.7 per cent of them have been in time.
#9. AirAsia X - 59.1 %
AirAsia X is a low-cost airline based at Kuala Lumpur airport and currently serves Australia, Japan and India. Until 2012, she also had flights in Europe and wanted to return to this current market in 2019. In one year, all flights offered 59.1 per cent arrived on time.
#10. Cebu Pacific Air - 59.5 %
Second largest airlines in the Philippines, Cebu Pacific Air is a Low-Cost company offering international flights. Placed in 2010 on the black list of the European Union, it was able to resume its flights in Europe’s airspace in 2014. Among the least point companies listed, it is the one that gets out the best, with more than half ( 59.5 per cent ) his flights on time.
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