India’s largest airline IndiGo and state-owned Coimbatore airport are among the 20 most punctual airlines and airports globally, according to a report published by aviation analytics firm OAG.
IndiGo and the Airports Authority of India (AAI)-owned Coimbatore airport are the only Indian airline and airport, respectively, in OAG’s Punctuality League report released on Wednesday.
According to the report by aviation analytics firm OAG, Indigo is ranked 15th, while Coimbatore airport is ranked 13th when it comes to on-time performance (OTP) in 2022.
Among the 20 most punctual airlines globally, IndiGo ranks 15th with an OTP of 83.51 per cent in 2022. This is a sharp jump from the 54th position in 2019 when the OTP was 77.38 per cent.
The list is topped by Garuda Indonesia with 95.63 per cent OTP, followed by Saffire (95.30 per cent) and Eurowings (95.26 per cent) at the second and third places, respectively.
Thai AirAsia (92.33 percent) is in fourth place and Jeju Airlines (91.84 percent) is in fifth place.
In the top 20 list, Indigo is ahead of Thai Smile Airways (16th rank), Delta Air Lines (17th), Viva Air Colombia (18th), Etihad Airways (19th) and Emirates (20th). Among the top 20 mega airlines by OTP, IndiGo ranks fifth in the list, topped by All Nippon Airways (88.79 per cent).
Japan Airlines (88.07 percent) ranks second, followed by LATAM Airlines Group (85.03 percent) and Azul Airlines (84.87 percent).
Mega airlines are the top 20 operators in the world in terms of scheduled flights in 2022.
“IndiGo (6E) has moved up the rankings, from tenth in 2019 to fifth in 2022. India’s largest carrier has seen an increase in frequency in this period, which is now 8 times more than in 2019,” the report said. percent more flights are operating.”
In the league of top 20 most punctual low cost carriers, Indigo is at the 6th position.
Among the top 20 airports in terms of OTP globally in 2022, Coimbatore airport ranked 13th with a score of 88.01 per cent and the cancellation rate was only 0.54 per cent.
Japan’s Osaka International Airport (Itami) tops the list with 91.45 per cent OTP. “Japan has always been known to be punctual, with ten Japanese airports among the top 20 most punctual global airports,” the report said.
Among the 10 most punctual airports in the Asia Pacific region, the Coimbatore airport in Tamil Nadu ranks 10th.
“The average OTP for these ten airports is 89.
53 per cent… airport sizes range from the largest Tokyo Haneda (HND) with 83.5m seats in 2022 to Coimbatore (CJB) the smallest with 3.1m seats in 2022,” the report said .
According to the OAG, the definition of OTP is flights that arrive or depart within 15 minutes of their scheduled arrival or departure times.
Cancellations are included in the OTP calculation and are counted as flight late.
OTP of an airline is calculated on the basis of arrival data, while both departure and arrival data are taken into account for OTP of an airport.
(with PTI inputs)