According to Aviation Industry Data company OAG, Hong Kong Airlines was the most punctual airline in Asia in the year 2018.

OAG released the 2019 edition of its Punctuality League Report, naming Panama’s COPA Airlines with the best on-time performance in 2018. For the Asia/Pacific region, Hong Kong Airlines had the best on-time performance in the region with an OTP of around 88.11%. Hong Kong Airlines also was the #3 carrier in the overall listing. Hong Kong Airlines is followed by Thai-based Bangkok Airways with an OTP rating of 87.16%.

The best OTP for a low cost carrier was with Brazil’s Azul with rating of 85.21%. For Asian low-cost carriers, Singapore-based Jetstar Asia took #2 spot with an OTP of 84.13%. Jetstar Asia was followed by Japan-based Solaseed at #3 (82.9%), IndiGo at #7 (81.70%), and Thai AirAsia at #8 (81.24%).

Airports

For the four categories, Japanese airports made an appearance in each top 20 list (small, medium, large, and mega airports). Other airports that make an appearance in the top 20 lists include Singapore, Bangkok (Survarnabhumi and Don Mueang), and New Delhi.



Notable Asian airports in each list include:

Small

#13 Kagoshima (83.58%)

Medium

#7 Nagoya-Chubu (84.08%)

Large

#1 Osaka-Itami (88.22%)

#7 Sapporo (83.47%)

#9 Fukuoka (82.48%)

#16 Bengaluru (79.67%)

Major

#7 Bangkok-Don Mueang (81.52%)

#13 Tokyo Narita (79.65%)

Mega

#1 Tokyo Haneda (85.62%)

#3 Singapore Changi (80.70%)

#9 Bangkok Survarnabhumi (77.21%)

#13 New Delhi (76.01%)

#16 Beijing-Capital (73.87%)

#18 Hong Kong (71.51%)

#20 Kuala Lumpur (70.41%)





Criteria

The Punctuality League Report is based on 58 million global flight records to create the best on-time performance (OTP) for airlines and airports. OAG defines on-time performance as flights that arrive or depart within 15 minutes of their scheduled arrival/departure times for regularly scheduled commercial flights.

Airlines categories were divided for overall, mega (world’s top 20 large carriers), mainline (non-low cost/top 250), and low cost carriers. OAG also top 20 lists for different regions.

Airport categories were based on the number of departing seats available. The categories were small (less than 5 million), medium (5-10 million), large (10-20 million), major (20-30 million), and mega (over 30 million).







Top 10 Lists - Airlines (OTP 2018)

Overall

1. COPA Airlines (89.79%)

2. airBaltic (81.17%)

3. Hong Kong Airlines (88.11%)

4. Hawaiian Airlines (87.52%)

5. Bangkok Airways (87.16%)

6. Qantas Airways (85.65%)

7. LATAM (85.6%)

8. Azul (85.21%)

9. Qatar Airways (85.17%)

10. KLM (84.52%)





LCC

1. Azul (85.21%)

2. Jetstar Asia (84.13%)

3. Solaseed (82.9%)

4. Mango (82.88%)

5. Volaris

6. Transavia

7. IndiGo

8. ThaiAsia (81.24%)

9. Spirit (80.83%)

10. Sky Airline (79.89%)





Asia/Pacific

1. Hong Kong Airlines (88.11%)

2. Bangkok Airways (87.16%)

3. Qantas (85.65%)

4. All Nippon Airways (ANA) (84.43%)

5. Jetstar Asia (84.13%)

6. Japan Airlines (83.99%)

7. Air Astana (83.52%)

8. Singapore Airlines (83.46%)

9. Solaseed (82.9%)

10. IndiGo (81.7%)





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