Air India ranks world’s third worst airline, PIA not on list
Indian national
flag-carrier Air India was named world’s third-worst airline by aviation
insights company FlightStats which puts together a list of the international
airlines with the best on-time performance records.
And yes, Pakistan
International Airlines (PIA) was not included in the list despite facing severe
criticism in Pakistan
Here is the complete
list along with the likelihood of getting delayed:
10. Hainan Airlines –
30.3 percent
9. Korean Air – 31.74
percent
8. Air China – 32.73
percent
7. Hong Kong Airlines
– 33.42 percent
6. China Eastern
Airlines – 35.8 percent
5. Asiana Airlines –
37.46 percent
4. Philippine Airlines
– 38.33 percent
3. Air India – 38.71
percent
2. Icelandair – 41.05
percent
1. El Al – 56 percent
The company also
listed world’s best airlines as well.
10. Qantas – 15.7
percent
9. TAM Linhas Aéreas –
14.93 percent
8. Delta Air Lines –
14.83 percent
7. Singapore Airlines
– 14.55 percent
6. ANA – 14.46 percent
5. Austrian – 14.26
percent
4. Qatar Airways –
13.66 percent
3. JAL – 12.2 percent
2. Iberia – 11.82
percent
1. KLM – 11.47 percent
According to Jim
Hetzel, vice president of aviation and distribution at FlightStats, compiling
the list is no small feat. The only comparable resource is the monthly report
(PDF) that the U.S. Department of Transportation puts out on major domestic
carriers, relying uniquely on self-reported data from the biggest carriers in
the United States; it doesn’t factor in any of those airlines’ international
flights.
“We stitch data
together from 500 different sources,” Hetzel told Bloomberg.
Among those sources
are flight-tracking and positional services, airport runway times, radar
services, airline records, airport data, and such governing bodies as
Eurocontrol and the Federal Aviation Administration. “All of these pieces come
in in different formats, all with different elements of value, and a lot of
times the sources don’t agree,” said Hetzel.
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