Cirium’s Global On-Time Performance Report: April 2023

According to Cirium:

Europe:

• LOT Polish Airlines was named Europe’s most punctual carrier last month, with 89.25% of flights arriving on-time
• Iberia landed second position, with over 87.28% of all flights arriving on-time
• Norwegian Air Shuttle, Austrian Airlines and Finnair also made the top five, offering customers punctual service on over 85% of flights
• No UK airline featured in the top 10 of most punctual European carriers.

Globally:

• Globally, Iberia was named the most punctual airline in April, with 87.28% of flights arriving at their destination on-time
• The second spot was highly contested, with South American airline Avianca securing an 86.83% punctuality score, just head of rival LATAM Airlines which took third place with 85.80%
• Qatar Airways and Japan Airlines took fourth and fifth spot, with 84.26% and 83.95% respectively.

Cancellations:

• The number of cancelled flights within Europe fell by 48% in April 2023 compared to the previous month
• In April 2023, 7,468 flights were cancelled within Europe, down from 14,405 in March 2023.

For further analysis of airlines’ punctuality scores in April 2023, please see the full report attached.

Notes to editors

• Cirium defines an on-time flight as one that arrives at its destination airport within 15 minutes of its scheduled arrival time
• For the Global Airlines category, only the top 10% of all passenger airlines by capacity are included, with each airline being required to serve at least three regions. 
• For the European Airlines category, only the top 30% of all passenger airlines by capacity are included.