South Africa: FlySafair is the second-most punctual airline worldwide
According to OAG's annual Punctuality League, which reveals on-time performance rankings for airlines and airports, South African airline FlySafair is the second-most punctual airline in the world and Africa's most-punctual airline. The airline recorded an on-time performance (OTP) of 95.3% and a cancellation rate of 0.02% during 2022 (01 January 2022 - 31 December 2022), despite operating 47% more flights in 2022 than in 2019. No other Southern African is on the Top 10-list of the Middle East and Africa as well as the world's top-20 list.
OAG’s definition of on-time performance (OTP) is flights that arrive or depart within 15 minutes of their scheduled arrival or departure times. Cancellations are included within the OTP calculations and are counted as late flights.
Middle East & Africa - Airlines by OTP 2022:
1. FlySafair OTP: 95.30% | Cancellation rate: 0.02%
2. Ethihad Airways OTP: 81.14% | Cancellation rate: 0.55%
3. Emirates OTP: 81.13% | Cancellation rate: 0.02%
4. Gulf Air OTP: 79.92% | Cancellation rate: 2.42%
5. Qatar Airways OTP: 77.50% | Cancellation rate: 0.34%
6. Ethiopian Airlines OTP: 76.73% | Cancellation rate: 0.04%
7. FLYNAS OTP: 68.25% | Cancellation rate: 1.65%
8. Saudi Arabian Airlines OTP: 65.63% | Cancellation rate: 1.72%
9. Oman Air OTP: 91.28% | Cancellation rate: 0.69%
10. Royal Jordanian OTP: 85.82% | Cancellation rate: 0.85%