Posted on 01/11/2025 8:02:20 PM PST by SeekAndFind
International air traffic increased steadily in 2024, with global demand growing 7.1% year-on-year as the aviation industry continues to recover post-pandemic.
Amid this steady increase in passenger volume, punctuality has become more important than ever, distinguishing top-performing airlines from the rest.
This graphic, via Visual Capitalist's Kayla Zhu, shows the 10 airlines with the highest percentage of on-time arrivals in 2024 and their total number of flights. Data comes from Cirium.
Below, we show the top 10 airlines by on-time arrival rate in 2024, along with their total flights last year.
Aeroméxico tops the list with the highest on-time arrival rate at 86.7%, closely followed by Saudi Arabia’s flag carrier, Saudia, at 86.4%.
Notably, two of Saudia’s most popular routes–Riyadh to Jeddah and Dubai to Riyadh–were among the top revenue-generating routes of 2023, according to OAG data.
Delta Air Lines, one of the largest global carriers, maintains a strong on-time performance of 83.5%, despite operating over 1.7 million flights—one of the highest totals in Cirium’s rankings. The Atlanta-based airline also ranked as America’s most reliable airline in the first quarter of 2024.
United Airlines, the largest airline in the world based on revenue passenger miles and another U.S. giant, achieved an 80.9% on-time arrival rate.
However, United was the only U.S. airline that saw a drop in its American Customer Satisfaction Index rating last year, due to various safety incidents.
To learn more about the international aviation industry, check out this graphic that visualizes the busiest international airports in the world.
Good to see Delta in the top 5. They have always been good for my travels.
Work and play.👍
Mexican airlines take off regardless of the condition of the airplane
Had a Mexican airline stop somewhere, mechanics come out, lift an engine nacelle.
Welding goes on, close the nacelle and off we go.
I doubt the FAA would have approved, but we were on time.
Oh my gosh. Gool ol’ south-of-the-border know-how... or something. That’s a scary story
“Notably, two of Saudia’s most popular routes–Riyadh to Jeddah and Dubai to Riyadh”
In Dubai you have open bars. Of course it is a popular destination.
When I lived in Oman it was dry except for Christians and Hindus. We could buy liquor at an approved store with our Christian License and was at a very reasonable price. We could also drink in a hotel at their bar because we of course would not enter the bar unless we were Christian or Hindu. I have drank whiskey and beer with my boss at those hotel bars with him in full Muslim dress and clearly Muslim. It is all a charade.
Our company had a dart club. We much enjoyed playing the Omani Research Department. That was the secret service. They always had the best whiskey that was confiscated. I forgot my darts one day at their club. They were very expensive darts. The next day I went to the club to reclaim my darts and was met with refusal as this is a secure area. I explained it was just my darts from playing with the secret service. Immediately, they welcomed me in to collect my darts.
Odd days those were 50 years ago. It has all changed now, mostly for the better.
I’ve been very happy with Delta, too.
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