2018 OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited. All rights reserved OAG Punctuality League – On-time performance results for airlines and airports 2 Contents Qualifying Criteria 2 Airlines– Mega 4– Mainline 5– LCCs 6– All 7 Airlines by Region – Asia Pacifc (including Southwest Pacifc) 8– Europe 9– Middle East and Africa 9– Latin America 10– North America 10Airports – Small: 2.5 – 5m seats 11– Medium: 5 –10m seats 12– Large: 10 – 20m seats 13– Major: 20 – 30m seats 14– Mega: 30m+ seats 15 Top 20 Busiest Routes – International 16– Domestic 18The league is based on 57 million fight records using full-year data from 2017 to create aranking of the best on-time performance (OTP) for the world’s largest airlines and airports. NEW for 2018, the Punctuality League includes on-time performance for the world’s Top 20busiest domestic and international routes, and the airline and airport categories have alsobeen extended. There is now a category for the Top 20 airlines which operate the most fightsglobally, termed mega airlines and another for mega airports which are those operating morethan 30 million departing seats per year.About the Punctuality League Qualifying criteria To qualify for inclusion in the Punctuality League, the OAG schedules database must have fight statusdata for at least 80% of all scheduled fights operated by an airline or for an airport.OAG’s defnition of on-time performance (OTP) is fights that arrive or depart within 14 minutesand 59 seconds (under 15 minutes) of their scheduled arrival/departure times.Cancellations are also included.Airports must have a minimum of 2.5m departing seats to be included in the report. 3The threshold for airlines is ranked among the Top 250 airlines by annual Available SeatKilometres (ASKs). Airline OTP is for arrivals only.In this report, a ‘record’ is defned as a fight for which we either have a ‘code’, or an actual time ofarrival (and departure in the case of airports), and includes cancelled services.OTP data is not included for other categories of fights, such as charter or non-passengeroperations.Category defnitions Airports As defned by the number of departing scheduled seats in 2017: Small airports – 2.5-5 million seats Medium airports – 5-10 million seatsLarge airports – 10-20 million seats Major airports – 20-30 million seatsNEW Mega airports – 30+ million seats The new mega airports category delivers important differentiation for those airports with over 30 millionseats; it also allows more recognition for airports between 20-30 million seats.Airlines All eligible airlines including mainline and low-cost carriersMainline airlines (i.e. excluding low-cost carriers)Mainline airlines must have been ranked among the Top 250 operators globally in termsof Available Seat Kilometres (ASKs) in 2017, and must have operated more than 30,000scheduled fights in 2017.Low-cost carriersLow-cost carriers (LCCs) must have ranked among the Top 250 operators globally in terms ofAvailable Seat Kilometres (ASKs) in 2017 and operated at least 30,000 scheduled fights in 2017.OAG’s LCC list was refreshed in 2017 and is determined by our industry knowledge, supplemented bycarrier feedback and consultation with industry partners.NEW World’s mega airlinesThe World’s Top 20 operators globally in terms of scheduled fights in 2017. Airlines based in regionsThere are fve regional categories which rank the best airlines: mainline and LCC, operating in groupingsof IATA-defned global regions. In each category, airlines must be ranked among the Top 250 operatorsglobally in terms of ASKs and have operated a minimum of 18,000 scheduled fights in 2017 to qualifyfor inclusion. – Asia Pacifc (including Southwest Pacifc) – Europe – Middle East and Africa – Latin America – North AmericaRoutes NEW Top 20 busiest routesOAG has published the OTP for the Top 20 busiest international and domestic routes. The Top 20 arebased on the largest global routes by total number of fights (arriving and departing) for domestic andinternational routes for jet operations only.2018 OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited. All rights reserved OAG Punctuality League – On-time performance results for airlines and airports 4 Table 1: Top 20 mega airlines by OTP*RankCoverageAirline NameCodeOTP 2017 199.1%Japan AirlinesJL85.27% 297.4%All Nippon AirwaysNH83.81% 399.7%Delta Air LinesDL82.76% 497.1%IndiGo 6E81.22% 599.7%Alaska AirlinesAS81.06% 699.5%SASSK80.90% 799.7%United AirlinesUA79.86% 890.4%LATAM Airlines Group LA79.39% 999.2%American AirlinesAA78.97% 10=99.5%Southwest WN78.55% 10=96.9%British AirwaysBA78.55% 1299.6%LufthansaLH76.90% 1399.3%Air FranceAF76.44% 1498.6%Turkish AirlinesTK76.35% 1599.4%easyJetU274.82% 1699.2%JetBlue B671.74% 1799.4%Air CanadaAC67.32% 1896.1%China Southern AirlinesCZ64.19% 1998.6%China Eastern AirlinesMU61.80% 2089.2%Air ChinaCA60.14% Amongst the world’s largest airlines, two Japanese carriers top this table. Japan Airlines achievesfrst place with 85.27% of fights on time and All Nippon Airlines is not far behind in second placewith 83.81% on time. The US majors all make it into the Top 10 with Delta Air Lines taking third place, United Airlines 7thand American Airlines 9th place, with all three achieving OTP of 78% or over. The Top 20 includes a broad geographic spread with six airlines from Asia Pacifc, six Europeanairlines, one airline from Latin America and seven North American airlines. Airlines: mega airlines*Includes arrivals only 。。。。。。