National carrier, Kenya Airways has been listed as the most punctual in the Middle East and Africa region as its rivals; Ethiopian Airlines, Egypt Air, RwandAir, Royal Air Maroc and South African Airways fail to make it to the 10 best list.
In a statement published on its website on Thursday, January 4, the airline said it has been ranked as Africa’s second most efficient airline by aviation analytics company, Cirium, attaining an impressive 71.86% on-time arrival rate out of 41,905 completed flights in 2023.
An on-time flight is defined as a flight that arrives within 15 minutes of the scheduled gate arrival. For an airport, it is defined as departing within 15 minutes of its scheduled departure.
“The high rankings result from Kenya Airways’ persistent focus and delivery of on-time performance each month of the year, which has been a cornerstone of improving our guest experience strategy. This is a testament to our commitment to improving our on-time performance and our dedication to implementing real improvements on board,” says Allan Kilavuka, CEO Kenya Airways.
Cirium’s “on-time program” monitors global airline operational performance using information from an extensive array of sources, including airlines, airports, and civil aviation authorities, and offers a neutral, third-party perspective.
Cirium CEO Jeremy Bowen says the data is collected from over 600 sources, allowing the industry stakeholders a third-party perspective on their operational performance. The program studies over 30 million flights a year.
“The program aims to provide the airline industry and its stakeholders with a neutral, third-party perspective on operational performance for individual airlines,” said Bowen
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Very informative