Traveling can quickly go from a dream to a nightmare when you are faced with the wrong airline. Bad food and cold cabins are just the beginning of the issues you can face when flying the friendly — or not so friendly — skies.
Consider, for example, delayed flights. That’s what FlightStats considered when they compiled their “On-time Performance Service Awards” list of the best and worst airlines of 2016. The results, based solely on which flights were delayed and which were on-time, might surprise you.
The 10 most delayed international airlines in 2016 (percentage of flights delayed)
1. El Al (56%)
2. Icelandair (41.05%)
3. Air India (38.71%)
4. Philippine Airlines (38.33%)
5. Asiana Airlines (37.46%)
6. China Eastern Airlines (35.8%)
7. Hong Kong Airlines (33.42%)
8. Air China (32.73%)
9. Korean Air (31.74%)
10. Hainan Airlines (30.3%)
The 10 most on-time international airlines in 2016 (percentage of flights delayed)
1. KLM (11.47%)
2. Iberia (11.82%)
3. Japan Airlines (12.2%)
4. Qatar Airways (13.66%)
5. Austrian (14.26%)
6. All Nippon Airways (14.46%)
7. Singapore Airlines (14.55%)
8. Delta Air Lines (14.83%)
9. TAM Linhas Aéreas (14.93%)
10. Qantas (15.7%)
One statistic that really stood out to us, however, appeared on the on-time list for the global list of low-cost carriers. Nok Air was eighth on that list with 79.87% of their flights arriving on-time.
The 10 most on-time global low-cost carriers (percentage of flights delayed)
1. Iberia Express ( 89.64%)
2. Air Baltic (88.68 %)
3. Solaseed Air ( 85.90%)
4. Air Do ( 83.38%)
5. WestJet ( 82.73%)
6. Southwest Airlines ( 81.89%)
7. Norwegian Air Shuttle (80.60%)
8. Nok Air ( 79.87%)
9. Niki (77.62%)
10. Frontier Airlines ( 77.44%)
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