A British Airways aircraft flying from Hyderabad to London’s Heathrow Airport aborted a landing attempt seconds after it touched down on the runway. The pilot was quick to respond and took the plane back up in the air again. The incident happened over the gusty winds that have hit Heathrow, the reports said.
Based on 2016 values
| RANK | AIRLINE | CODECS | COUNTRY | INDEX | ORDER | |
| 2016 | ||||||
| 1 | Cathay Pacific Airways | CX, CPA |  |
China,Hong-Kong | 0,005 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 2 | Air New Zealand | NZ, ANZ |  |
New Zealand | 0,007 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 3 | Hainan Airlines | HU, CHH |  |
China | 0,009 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 4 | Qatar Airways | QR, QTR |  |
Qatar | 0,009 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 5 | K L M | KL, KLM |  |
Netherlands | 0,011 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 6 | EVA Air | BR, EVA |  |
Taiwan | 0,012 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 7 | Emirates | EK, UAE |  |
United Arab Emirates | 0,013 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 8 | Etihad Airways | EY, ETD | |
United Arab Emirates | 0,014 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 9 | QANTAS | QF, QFA |  |
Australia | 0,015 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 10 | Japan Airlines | JL, JAL |  |
Japan | 0,015 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 11 | All Nippon Airways | NH, ANA | |
Japan | 0,016 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 12 | Lufthansa | LH, DLH |  |
Germany | 0,016 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 13 | TAP Portugal | TP, TAP |  |
Portugal | 0,017 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 14 | Virgin Atlantic Airways | VS, VIR |  |
United Kingdom | 0,017 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 15 | Delta Air Lines | DL, DAL |  |
USA | 0,018 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 16 | Air Canada | AC, ACA |  |
Canada | 0,020 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 17 | jetBlue Airways | B6, JBU | |
USA | 0,020 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 18 | Virgin Australia | VA, VOZ | |
Australia | 0,020 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 19 | British Airways | BA, BAW | |
United Kingdom | 0,023 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 20 | Air Berlin | AB, BER | |
Germany | 0,023 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 21 | WestJet Airlines | WS, WJA | |
Canada | 0,023 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 22 | Sichuan Airlines | 3U, CSC | |
China | 0,028 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 23 | Norwegian Air Shuttle | DY, NAX |  |
Norway | 0,032 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 24 | Shenzhen Airlines | ZH, CSZ | |
China | 0,032 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 25 | Iberia | IB, IBE |  |
Spain | 0,034 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 26 | Jetstar Airways | JQ, JST | |
Australia | 0,036 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 27 | Southwest Airlines | WN, SWA | |
USA | 0,037 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 28 | EasyJet | U2, EZY | |
United Kingdom | 0,037 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 29 | AirAsia | AK, AXM |  |
Malaysia | 0,043 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 30 | Thomson Airways | BY, TOM | |
United Kingdom | 0,047 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 31 | United Airlines | UA, UAL | |
USA | 0,051 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 32 | Singapore Airlines | SQ, SIA |  |
Singapore | 0,051 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 33 | China Eastern Airlines | MU, CES | |
China | 0,061 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 34 | Ryanair | FR, RYR |  |
Ireland | 0,064 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 35 | Swiss | LX, SWR |  |
Switzerland | 0,064 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 36 | LATAM Chile | LA, LAN |  |
Chile | 0,095 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 37 | Aeroflot | SU, AFL |  |
Russia | 0,101 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 38 | Jet Airways | 9W, JAI |  |
India | 0,109 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 39 | Alitalia | AZ, AZA |  |
Italy | 0,113 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 40 | Air India | AI, AIC | |
India | 0,115 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 41 | Air China | CA, CCA | |
China | 0,121 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 42 | Air France | AF, AFR |  |
France | 0,127 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 43 | Aeromexico | AM, AMX |  |
Mexico | 0,127 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 44 | Alaska Airlines | AS, ASA | |
USA | 0,143 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 45 | American Airlines | AA, AAL | |
USA | 0,146 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 46 | China Southern Airlines | CZ, CSN | |
China | 0,171 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 47 | Asiana Airlines | OZ, AAR |  |
South Korea | 0,215 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 48 | Thai Airways Intl | TG, THA |  |
Thailand | 0,224 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 49 | SAS Scandinavian Airlines | SK, SAS |  |
(Multinational) | 0,267 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 50 | Turkish Airlines | TK, THY |  |
Turkey | 0,316 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 51 | Korean Air | KE,KAL | |
South Korea | 0,349 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 52 | Xiamen Airlines | MF, CXA | |
China | 0,439 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 53 | GOL Transportes Aér. | G3, GLO |  |
Brazil | 0,472 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 54 | Saudia | SV, SVA |  |
Saudi Arabia | 0,507 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 55 | LATAM Brazil | JJ, TAM | |
Brazil | 0,575 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 56 | Malaysia Airlines | MH, MAS | |
Malaysia | 0,668 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 57 | Lion Air | JT, LNI |  |
Indonesia | 0,764 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 58 | Garuda Indonesia | GA, GIA | |
Indonesia | 0,770 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 59 | Avianca Colombia | AV, AVA |  |
Colombia | 0,914 |
SAFETY REPORT |
| 60 | China Airlines | CI, CAL | |
Taiwan | 0,977 |
SAFETY REPORT |
Indigo is ranked 6th under category Among the world’s largest airlines, the LATAM Airlines Group has achieved the highest OTP with 85.60% of flights reported as on-time. The airline takes first place, up from its ranking of 8th place in the previous Punctuality League. US LCC Southwest has moved ahead of its mainline US rivals United Airlines and American Airlines with OTP of 78.20%. Each of the three major Chinese carriers has seen a positive improvement in OTP after a collective focus by the Chinese Civil Aviation Authority (CAAC) on improving OTP: China Southern has moved from 64.19% to 71.52%; China Eastern has moved from 61.80% to 70.62%; and, Air China has improved from 60.14% to 68.84%. In contrast, both SAS and Lufthansa have seen a drop in OTP and corresponding falls in their ranking
Azul tops the list of Top 20 LCCs with OTP of 85.21%, up from its ranking of fifth place last year. Jetstar Asia retains second place with OTP of 84.13%. Transavia and Norwegian are the only European LCCs in the Top 20 as Vueling, easyJet and Eurowings all drop to positions outside the Top 20. As a consequence Solaseed, Mango, Flynas and Air Busan all enter the Top 20 LCCs having made the qualifying criteria this year. Solaseed has achieved an impressive OTP with 82.90% of flights arriving on time.
Indigo Ranked at 7th place with OTP of 81.70% & Air Asia India ranked 12th with OTP of 79.03% in the list of Top 20 LCCs.
Small Airports departing 2.5-5 Million seats per annum. Among the Top 20 Small Airports 84.0% of arriving and departing flights were operated within 15 minutes of their scheduled arrival and departure times in 2018. The data coverage for these airports was 92.9%.
Congratulations to Minsk Airport, a new entrant in the Punctuality League, for achieving the top spot among small airports with an impressive OTP of 92.35%. Brazil’s small airports have performed particularly well with Curitiba ranked 4th (up from 14th last year), Fortaleza ranked 8th (up from 24th) and Salvador ranked 13th (up from 27th). Also Bhubaneswar to be ranked 20th with a OTP of 81.64%.
Large Airports departing 10-20 Million seats per annum.
The Top 20 airports in the Large Airport category on average ensured that 81.9% of arriving and departing flights operated within 15 minutes of their scheduled arrival and departure times in 2018. The average data coverage for these airports was 92.7%.
With OTP close to that achieved last year, Osaka holds on to the top spot in the rankings for large airports.
There are two new entrants to the Punctuality League among the Top 20 – Honolulu and Fukuoka, with Honolulu moving straight into 2nd place with an OTP of 87.67%.
Brasilia moves to 3rd place, up from 4th last year, while Salt Lake City is in 4th place this year, down from 2nd place last year.
While Chennai drops out, another Indian airport – Bengaluru – has made it into the Top 20 at 16th place and Hyderabad kept itself on 13th place with a OTP of 80.27%.
Calgary and Riyadh also move into the Top 20 having been ranked outside it last year.
Mega Airports departing 30 Million + seats per annum.
Average on-time performance in 2018 among the world’s biggest airports is 77.1%, meaning this percentage of arriving and departing flights operated within 15 minutes of their scheduled arrival and departure times. Average data coverage for these 20 airports was 94.3%.
Seven of the Top 20 airports in this category are in North America, with a further six in Asia Pacific. Six of Europe’s biggest airports also make it into the Top 20 in this category
Although OTP at Tokyo Haneda & Delhi has fallen slightly, the airports retains there place at the top of the mega airport rankings.
While Atlanta, Singapore Changi and Los Angeles move up the table, ranked 2nd, 3rd and 5th respectively, Madrid, London Heathrow and Frankfurt have all moved down.
Munich Airport is a new entrant to this ranking, having qualified for the Mega Airports category for the first time, while Paris Charles de Gaulle and Dubai have dropped out of the table altogether.
