For the third 12 months in a row, the South American carrier ranked first in the world in terms of annual on-time performance. According to Cirium’s “2024 On-Time Performance Review” report, Aeromexico was the world’s most on-time airline in 2024 with a rating of 86.70%, beating out 2023 winner Avianca, which dropped to seventh place.
Saudia Airlines jumped into second place with a ninth place last 12 months, scoring 86.35 percent. Delta Air Lines accomplished the top three with a rating of 83.46%. Last 12 months he was fourth.
Delta once more led carriers in North America and won the Cirium Platinum Award for global operational excellence for the fourth 12 months in a row — despite operational failures in July as a result of the CrowdStrike IT outage. “Delta rebounded by demonstrating effective crisis management and depth of operational infrastructure,” the report said.
United Airlines ranked second in North America and tenth globally with a rating of 80.93%. Alaska Airlines ranked third in North America with 79.25 percent. American Airlines was fourth with 77.78%, after second place last 12 months.
Iberia was the leading European carrier on the global list with a share of 81.58%, while Iberia Express led Europe as a region with 84.69%. According to Cirium, the global and regional rankings differ because the qualifications used in each categories will not be similar.
In Latin America, Copa Airlines took first place with 88.22%, followed by Aeromexico and Caribbean Airlines with 85.47%. Japan Airlines ranked first in the Asia-Pacific region with 80.90%, followed by All Nippon Airways with 80.62% and Singapore Airlines with 78.68%.
According to Cirium, airlines measure on-time performance if a scheduled flight arrives as much as quarter-hour before the scheduled arrival time.
Airports on time
International Airport King Khalid in Riyad, Saudi Arabia took top on-time honors in 2024 for global airports with a rating of 86.65%. In second place were Jorge Chavez International Airport in Lima with a share of 84.57% and Benito Juarez International Airport in Mexico with 84.04%.
When it involves large airports, Riyad also topped the list, but Lima got here in third after Honolulu International Airport with a rating of 85.45%. (To qualify for the global category, an airport must hook up with three other regions, and Honolulu only connects to 2, so it was ineligible for global consideration, based on Cirium). Five other U.S. airports also made the list, including Salt Lake City in fifth place (83.80%), New York LaGuardia in seventh place (82.39%), last 12 months’s world winner Minneapolis-Saint Paul (82%). .27 percent) in eighth place, Washington Dulles (82.23 percent) in ninth place, and Detroit (82.06 percent) rounds out the top ten.
The top three performers for medium-sized airports were Panama Tocumen International Airport (90.34 percent), Brasilia International Airport (88.19 percent) and Osaka Itami International Airport (88.18 percent). Three U.S. airports made the average list: Portland, Oregon, in fifth place (84.86%), San Jose, California, sixth (84.74%), and Sacramento, ninth (82.77%).
The top small airports were Guayaquil Jose Joaquin del Olmedo International Airport (91.38%) and Quito Mariscal Sucre International Airport (90.05%), each in Ecuador. The top three were rounded out by Cape Town International Airport (89.39%).
This 12 months, Cirium added a Platinum Airport Award for Operational Excellence, with Bogota’s El Dorado International Airport being the inaugural winner.
According to Cirium, punctuality at the airport is measured by departure times falling inside quarter-hour before the scheduled departure time.
