-- This month, Cirium, the aviation data firm, re-launches its closely followed 
On-Time Performance Report, in a positive sign for the sector

    -- Japan Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, Red Wings and Avianca rank as May's 
       most on-time airlines for Asia-Pacific, North America, Europe, and 
       Latin America, respectively 
    -- Tokyo's Haneda Airport takes top spot as the most on-time global 
       airport 
    -- The top 20 global airports collectively handled over half a million 
       flights in May

Airlines and airports are again being judged on the punctuality of their 
service as the volume of flights increases worldwide. Today, Cirium ( 
https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3191518-1&h=3323863474&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cirium.com%2F&a=Cirium 
), the aviation analytics company, restarted its closely followed monthly 
On-Time Performance Reports.

In May 2021, Japan Airlines (JAL), Hawaiian Airlines, Red Wings and Avianca top 
the ranks for on-time arrivals in their respective regions. Meanwhile, Haneda 
Airport (HND) takes the top spot as the most on-time global airport.

For over a decade, Cirium has produced The On-Time Performance Report--the 
longest-standing analysis in the aviation industry--to provide insights on 
airline and airport punctuality and recognize those which have outperformed 
their peers, globally, regionally, and in their respective categories. The 
report was suspended in early 2020, as flights were impacted by the COVID-19 
pandemic.

JAL tops in APAC
In Asia-Pacific, the top five mainline airlines for on-time arrivals in May 
include JAL (95.19%), ANA (94.60%), Air New Zealand (89.59%), Garuda Indonesia 
(87.98%) and Korean Air (85.48%). Air New Zealand operated the most flights 
over the month (12,570) out of the top 10 on-time airlines.

JAL has risen in the ranks from 10th to 1st place when comparing to Cirium's 
last monthly report in February 2020. ANA has moved up from 5th and Air New 
Zealand has moved up from 9th. Some airlines that featured in the top 10 for 
punctuality in 2020 no longer feature, including Singapore Airlines, Cathay 
Pacific, AirAsia, Cebu Pacific Air and Thai Airways International.

Hawaiian leads while Air Canada rises in North America
Hawaiian Airlines continues to beat other North American carriers, maintaining 
top spot as the US most on-time airline on a monthly basis (on-time arrival of 
93.22%). Air Canada, which did not make the top 10 in February 2020, now ranks 
as 2nd--displacing Southwest Airlines, which was 2nd in 2020. Southwest has 
slipped down the ranking to 9th place; however, the Dallas-based carrier 
operated the most flights out of the top 10 carriers--a total of 89,297 
flights. Delta Air Lines, Alaska Airlines and United Airlines take 3rd, 4th, 
and 5th spots.

Red Wings top in Europe
The top 10 ranking for Europe unsurprisingly has seen many shifts with Red 
Wings taking top place in May (96.18% on-time). Since February 2020, Vueling 
has risen from 7th place to 2nd (96.07%) and Iberia has moved up from 6th to 
3rd (95.87%). Aeroflot slipped to 5th place, however, the Russian carrier 
operated the most flights in the top 10 with a total of 13,316 flights. 
Newcomers to the top 10 versus 2020 include KLM (4th), SunExpress (7th), and 
SAS (10th). Airlines no longer in the top 10 include LOT Polish Airlines, Air 
France, and Norwegian Air Shuttle.

Avianca soars in Latin America
Avianca has soared, moving from 9th place in 2020 to be the most on-time 
airline in Latin America (93.69%) for May. Azul (93.53%) and Gol (93.52%) have 
both moved up the top 10 ranking to 2nd and 3rd place, respectively.

Haneda tops global airport on-time performance ranking
In the top 20 global airport ranking, Haneda Airport (HND) achieves the top 
spot with an on-time departure of 96.86%. Sheremetyevo International Airport 
(SVO), Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP), Detroit Metropolitan 
Wayne County Airport (DTW), and Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) all 
follow in the top five.

Over half a million passenger flights were handled by the top 20 global 
airports in May. This is only 4% down versus February 2020. The on-time 
performance of the airports has improved by 3 points.

"As flights have returned, it is a level playing field to analyze the on-time 
performance of the airlines and airports again--a positive sign for the 
industry. While the factors that cause delays--congested airspace, taxiways or 
connecting passengers--simply did not exist in 2020, they are likely to return 
slowly in 2021 and into 2022," said Jeremy Bowen, CEO at Cirium.

"Cirium applies the most precise data analysis to develop The On-Time 
Performance Reports and we are delighted to announce that JAL, Hawaiian 
Airlines, Red Wings and Avianca rank as May's most on-time airlines in their 
respective regions, Congratulations also to Haneda Airport for achieving the 
top spot in the global airports category."

The data analyzed in The Cirium On-Time Performance report derives from The 
Cirium Core—containing more than 300 terabytes of information from over 2,000 
data sources.

To see the full reports for airlines and airports, click here. 
(https://www.cirium.com/studios/reports/on-time-performance/ )

In addition to the monthly reports for airline and airport punctuality, Cirium 
also produces the gold standard annual report and awards—The Cirium On-Time 
Performance Review.

For further information please visit www.cirium.com and follow Cirium updates 
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The report for airlines divides the rankings by region into 'mainline' and 
'network'. The figures reported here are for mainline only.

A review of data across global carriers is not included in the latest report. 
Cirium's on-time performance is based on stringent criteria ( 
https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3191518-1&h=179908818&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cirium.com%2Fthoughtcloud%2Fdata-measure-airline-punctuality-adds-up%2F&a=stringent+criteria 
), and at the time of writing, international flight frequency was still 
significantly down. More time is needed before this category returns.

About Cirium
Cirium brings together powerful data and analytics to keep the world moving. 
Delivering insight, built from decades of experience in the sector, enabling 
travel companies, aircraft manufacturers, airports, airlines, and financial 
institutions, among others, to make logical and informed decisions which shape 
the future of travel, growing revenues and enhancing customer experiences. 
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) a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for 
professional and business customers. The shares of RELX PLC are traded on the 
London, Amsterdam and New York Stock Exchanges using the following ticker 
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SOURCE  Cirium