UAE's leading carriers, Emirates and Etihad Airways, have made the list of global aviation analytics experts Cirium's 2023 on-time performance review report. The report hails airlines from across the globe for their operational performance and punctuality. The data for the report is based on the widest and deepest pool of information collected and curated from more than 600 sources of real-time flight information. Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways has bagged the fifth spot on the list, while Dubai based Emirates is in eighth spot.
As for the report, the on-time flight is defined as a flight that arrives within 15 minutes of the scheduled gate arrival, and first on the list is Oman Air. Here is the full list.
- Oman Air - 92.53% on-time flights
- Safair - 92.36% on-time flights
- Royal Jordanian - 87.51% on-time flights
- Qatar Airways - 85.11% on-time flights
- Etihad Airways - 82.90% on-time flights
- Saudia - 81.29% on-time flights
- Middle East Airlines - 79.15% on-time flights
- Emirates - 78.49% on-time flights
- Kuwait Airways - 73.18% on-time flights
- Kenya Airways - 71.86% on-time flights