South African airline named most On-Time carrier in the world

According to aviation analytics company Cirium’s latest On-Time Performance Review, FlySafair is the most on-time low-cost carrier in the world.

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Cirium studies over 30 million flights a year.

As per the performance review, flights that arrive within 14 minutes and 59 seconds of their scheduled arrival are considered on time.

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FlySafair was crowned the most on-time low-cost carrier globally, with 92.36% of their 55 444 flights arriving on time.

“On-time performance is core to the running of a successful airline, and the good ones take it very seriously indeed – not only does OTP impact customer perception, but also cost management, environmental impact, network design and even soft issues like crew morale, which will again influence customer experience,” Cirium’s William Boulter said.

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Meanwhile, FlySafair was not the only South African entity that received recognition from Cirium.

Cape Town International Airport named the fifth most on-time small airport in the world.

As reported recently by The South African website, Cape Town International Airport was recently named the third-best airport in the world.

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