Saudi Arabian Airlines has been deemed the most punctual airline in the Middle East and the seventh best worldwide, according to the results of a new global report. The OAG Punctuality League considered a flights to be ‘on-time’ if departures and arrivals take place within 15 minutes of the scheduled time stated on the original ticket. The report found that Saudi Arabia Airlines had a score of 89.4 percent, ranking it number one in the Middle East and Africa and seventh best performing worldwide.
To qualify for inclusion in the OAG Punctuality League, airlines must supply data for at least 80 percent of their scheduled flights or operate a minimum of 18,000 scheduled flights each year.
As a result, only six airlines in the Middle East and Africa meet the OAG criteria to be featured on the list. OAG found that none of the airlines in the region achieved an on-time performance of greater than 90 percent in 2014.
Saudi Arabia ranked first in the region, while Dubai’s Emirates scored 80.01 percent and Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways was ranked sixth with a score of 56.8 percent. Ethiopian Airlines is the only African carrier to make the grade.
In the airport rankings, Dubai was ranked 14 in the large airports category (those with over 20 million passengers a year) and scored an on-time score of 82.3 percent. The average for the top 20 airports in the category was 82.9 percent, with Munich taking the top spot with a score of 89 percent… see more
source: arabianbusiness
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