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It's all about being On Time! The ranking of the "World's Top 10 Punctual Airlines in 2016" has been released

Published: 2026-09-25 👁 100 views
Last updated 2026-09-25 — Choosing an airline is no small matter. Factors to consider include safety, service, price, and so on. Whether flights depart and arrive on time is also a key criterion for passengers when evaluating an airline. On the 9th, U.S.-based aviation data company FlightStats announced the "2016 Global Airline Punctuality Rankings", with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines taking the top spot, and Israeli Airlines ranking at the bottom. Both EVA Air and China Airlines failed to make the top 10 or the bottom 10.

▲ KLM Royal Dutch Airlines won the first place in the 2016 punctuality rankings (Photo provided by Xu Dasan).

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Choosing an airline is no small matter. Factors to consider include safety, service, price, and so on. Whether flights depart and arrive on time is also a key criterion for passengers when evaluating an airline.The United StatesFlightStats-based aviation data company on the 9th announced the "2016 Global Airline Punctuality Rankings", with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines taking the top spot, and Israeli Airlines ranking at the bottom. Both EVA Air and China Airlines failed to make the top 10 or the bottom 10.

FlightStats aggregated data from 500 different sources, including civil aviation authorities, airlines, flight tracking services, positioning systems, radar data, and booking systems, to compile the data and rank the world's most and least punctual airlines of 2016.

Top 10 Most Punctual Airlines (lowest rates of flight delays and cancellations)
1. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines 11.47%
2. Iberia Airlines 11.82%
3. Japan Airlines (JAL) 12.2%
4. Qatar Airways 13.66%
5. Austrian Airlines 14.26%
6. All Nippon Airways (ANA) 14.46%
7. Singapore Airlines 14.55%
8. Delta Air Lines 14.83%
9. TAM Airlines 14.93%
10. Qantas Airways 15.7%

Bottom 10 Least Punctual Airlines
1. Hainan Airlines (China) 30.3%
2. Korean Air 31.74%
3. Air China 32.73%
4. Hong Kong Airlines 33.42%
5. China Eastern Airlines 35.8%
6. Asiana Airlines 37.46%
7. Philippine Airlines 38.33%
8. Air India 38.71%
9. Icelandair 41.05%
10. El Al Israel Airlines 56%

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