India’s national carrier Air India has been ranked third worst performing airline in the world based on the percentage of delayed flights.
Aviation insights company FlightStats compiles the data and puts out a list of best and the worst international carriers based on their punctuality.
These were the ten worst airlines in 2016 and the percentage of the delayed flights:
10. Hainan Airlines – 30.3 per cent
9. Korean Air – 31.74 per cent
8. Air China – 32.73 per cent
7. Hong Kong Airlines – 33.42 per cent
6. China Eastern Airlines – 35.8 per cent
5. Asiana Airlines – 37.46 per cent
4. Philippine Airlines – 38.33 per cent
3. Air India – 38.71 per cent
2. Icelandair – 41.05 per cent
1. El Al – 56 per cent
The ten best airlines of 2016 and percentage of delayed flights
10. Qantas – 15.7 percent
9. TAM Linhas Aéreas – 14.93 percent
8. Delta Air Lines – 14.83 percent
7. Singapore Airlines – 14.55 percent
6. ANA – 14.46 percent
5. Austrian – 14.26 percent
4. Qatar Airways – 13.66 percent
3. JAL – 12.2 percent
2. Iberia – 11.82 percent
1. KLM – 11.47 percent
Australia's Quantas, with delayed flight percentage of 15.7 per cent, found place at number ten among the best airlines in 2016.
Jim Hetzel, vice president of aviation and distribution at FlightStats, says it's an onerous task to stitch together data from 500 different sources to put together the stats.
“All of these pieces come in in different formats, all with different elements of value, and a lot of times the sources don’t agree.
“We’ve built the technology and logic to sort that out and validate information across multiple sources. It’s a pretty interesting process,” quoted him.
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