Yup, subtle but still there.
Posted on 01/02/2020 8:18:08 AM PST by C19fan
Russia's Aeroflot has been named as the world's most on-time mainline airline in 2019 in a new report.
It has beaten Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA), which comes second, and highest-ranked U.S airline Delta Air Lines is third overall. Virgin Atlantic is the UK's most on-schedule carrier.
Meanwhile, Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport is named as the world's most punctual airport.
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Putin makes the planes run on time.
I wonder if Aerflot continues the Soviet tradition of rigging books to meet goals. One has heard about universal practice of airlines padding flight times to improve on time metrics.
Mostly because I won’t be making any of them wait on me. :-)
Areoflot. Alvays leaf on time, nefer a delay for mechanical issues!
Yup, subtle but still there.
Alvays leaf on time, sometimes arrival time is problem. Sometimes arrival is problem too.
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“Land this plane on time, or you will all be shot.”
It’s just good Capitalism, it costs a lot of money to replace a logo.
“Hammer and Sickle”?! I don’t see it.
Come and keep your comrade warm.
How can delta be up there?
Isn’t delta an acronym for
Doesn’t Ever Leave The Airport,
Or is it just
Don’t Expect Luggage To Arrive
Now?
Hmm...let me think...
Aeroflot, Singapore Airlines, Emirates Airlines
Gosh I think its really hard to decide!
LOL
Your Delta acronym (Doesn’t Ever Leave The Airport) actually highlights the problem with these stats. I have no doubt that Delta can rightfully claim the ‘highest percentage of ontime departures in the industry’ but what they call ‘ontime departure’ means that the doors are closed at the gate (or perhaps that it has pushed off from the gate).... it doesn’t actually mean the plane has just departed off the end of the runway or that its wheels are no longer in contact with terra firma.
This has frustrated me on many flights. Here’s but one example..... once I ran like stink to make a Delta connecting flight (I think it was Cincinnati) only to arrive at the gate to find the plane just sitting there. Oh... it was an ontime departure all right. The plane just sat there for about 20 minutes or so without moving while I was standing not more than about 100 feet away but with no way to get on to the plane. It made me wonder how many other passengers were left in the lurch because of Delta insistance on making such a big fuss about their ‘highest ontime departure’ stats.
The Hammer and Sickle is a nod to their past.
I’ve flown Aerflot many times, having in-laws in Russia (even back in the Tupolev days), and I can attest to this - everything they do is first class and they are highly professional. The food is great too.
Look between the wings on the left side.
Aeroflot is on time!! The Pilots don’t want to live in Siberia..
World’s oldest airline in operation since 1923. In three years, it will be celebrating 100 years in business.
Its outlasted the Soviet Union!
They kept the Soviet era logo because its world famous and a signature brand for the company.
Which is still majority state-owned. Its Russia’s national flag carrier.
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