Along with price or comfort, punctuality is a determining factor in airline reliability. And according to this standard, not everyone is equal, as evidenced by the ranking established by Bloomberg. The business media specialist used data from aviation analytics company Cirium to rank the 19 major airlines that canceled the most flights between April 26 and July 26, 2022.
British company Virgin Atlantic rose to the top of the ranking with 5.9% of the canceled flight schedule during this period, i.e. 2,200 flights. It is followed by the Dutch KLM (5.8%) and Air New Zealand (3.7%). in europe Air France and: Ryanair 0.9 percent and 0.7 percent of canceled flights in the last three months, respectively, are doing quite well. But the best students can be found in Asia. Singapore Airlines, Cathay Pacific and: Air Asia: record less than 0.3% cancellations.
Airlines that canceled the most flights between April 26 and July 26, 2022:
- Virgin Atlantic: 5.9%
- KLM: 5.8%
- Air New Zealand: 3.7%
- Quantums: 3.3%
- Lufthansa: 3.1%
- British Airways: 3%
- American Airlines: 2.6%
- United Airlines: 2.6%
- Delta Airlines: 2.5%
- Iberia: 1.5%
- Latam Airlines: 1.2%
- Air France: 0.9%
- Ryanair: 0.7%
- Japan Airlines: 0.6%
- ANA: 0.5%
- Southwest Airlines: 0.5%
- AirAsia: 0.3%
- Cathay Pacific: 0.3%
- Singapore Airlines: 0.1%
Lack of manpower
The disruptions are mainly due to labor shortages, which both airlines and airports are suffering as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Shortages of staff this summer with the start of major strike movements and monstrous chaos at some European airports such as Amsterdam-Schiphol and London-Heathrow.
“After tens of thousands of pilots, crew, baggage handlers and security personnel were laid off during the pandemic, the industry can’t hire fast enough to keep pace.“, – underlined Bloomberg. A pace that is accelerating, as evidenced by a stronger-than-expected tourist recovery. Also, according to Cirium, 25,000 flight cancellations are expected in August, more than half of them in Europe. A number that has something to challenge, but which represents little when considering the more than 3 million flights scheduled worldwide in August. In Europe, this is 2% of the flight schedule.
Source: Le Figaro
