In its 2021 on-time performance review, the global standard for measuring the operational behavior of airlines and airports, Cirium awarded Delta Air Lines with the Platinum award, which recognized that company based in Atlanta, United States, as the most outstanding of the year for its excellence.
The new award is awarded to an airline that has demonstrated outstanding performance, taking into account the complexity of the operation, the volume of flights, the diversity of its network and other key operational factors.
Delta Air Lines stood out this year, considering the size of the airline, network and passenger delay minutes, as well as the number of flights flown, this is an outstanding effort and achievement during such a challenging period. said Cirium CEO Jeremy Bowen.
In this sense, he pointed out that airlines executed around the world almost 25 million flights, an increase of 10 percent from 2020, but still 36 percent lower compared to 2019.
The report reviews the best performing airlines and airports globally and in specific categories, including All Nippon Airways as the most punctual with 95 percent flights on time, followed by Japan Airlines, reflecting the high standard set by Japanese aviation, and ranked third by Aeroflot.
The Panamanian Copa Airlines was the winner as the most punctual in Latin America, closely accompanied by Aerolineas Argentinas and the Brazilian Azul, while for North America in that category Delta Air Lines was selected and for Europe the Spanish Vueling, Iberia Express and Iberia.
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