FlightStats Executive Chairman and President Jeff Kennedy said: “This is a significant achievement for any alliance, considering the number of flights operated and breadth of your member carrier routes, placing oneworld as the best of the best.”
oneworld CEO Bruce Ashby said: “oneworld aims to be the first choice alliance for frequent international travellers. We and our member airlines know just how important it is to these customers in particular that flights depart and arrive on time, so it is gratifying that our on-time performance has been confirmed again as the best by FlightStats’ independent report.”
oneworld members also rated highly in FlightStats’ 2014 awards for individual airlines.
Four of the alliance’s carriers were listed among the world’s ten most punctual Major Global Carriers – Iberia (third, with 88.46 per cent of its flights arriving on time), Japan Airlines (fourth, 87.78 per cent), airberlin (eighth, 85.70 per cent) and LAN Airlines (ninth, 85.63 per cent).
On a regional basis, Japan Airlines was the most punctual major airline in Asia Pacific for the third year in a row, with Qantas eighth. Finnair had the best on-time performance among European Major Carriers (with 90.58 per cent of flights arriving on time), with Iberia fourth and airberlin sixth. Qatar Airways was third in the Middle East and Africa category, with Royal Jordanian seventh. LAN Airlines was second among the major Latin American airlines, with TAM Airlines fourth. In North America, US Airways had the sixth best on-time record, with its merger partner American Airlines also ranked in the Top 10.
oneworld affiliate member Iberia Express was the most punctual low-cost carrier globally.
FlightStats says the awards are “designed to recognise those airlines and airports that demonstrate consistently high performance and deliver on their promise to get passengers to their destinations in a timely manner”. For full details, see flightstats.com