23 July 2014
JEDDAH - The Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) ranked second among 43 international aviation companies that achieved the highest level of performance in on-time flight schedule worldwide last month, according to FlightStats Inc., which is the leader in the global flight and airport information services.
The Spanish airline Iberia is the topper in the list with 89.53 percent accuracy in maintaining their flight schedules. It was followed by Saudia with 88.89 percent. Russia's Aeroflot and Austrian Airlines bagged third and fourth positions with 87.83 percent and 87.78 percent respectively, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
FlightStats plays a leadership role in collecting and distributing real-time and historic flight information to the global travel community.
According to the report, Saudia operated a total of 12,354 flights during the period, of which 10,981 were on-time while 774 were delayed by half an hour.
Sulaiman Amer, assistant director of operations monitoring center at Saudia, said that the FlightStats' report during last year showed that Saudia ranked 6th among other airlines worldwide in the on-time performance standard. "The airline maintained 90.43 percent in on-time performance when it operated 178,247 scheduled services in 2013," he said.
According to Amer, the month of June (Shaaban 3 -Ramadan 4) represented the peak season for the airline as it coincided with the summer vacation and peak Umrah season when large numbers of passengers used Saudia in the domestic and international sectors. "Most often, Saudia operates 500 domestic and international flight services on a daily basis with the on-time performance percentage exceeds 90 percent most often," he claimed.
JEDDAH - The Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) ranked second among 43 international aviation companies that achieved the highest level of performance in on-time flight schedule worldwide last month, according to FlightStats Inc., which is the leader in the global flight and airport information services.
The Spanish airline Iberia is the topper in the list with 89.53 percent accuracy in maintaining their flight schedules. It was followed by Saudia with 88.89 percent. Russia's Aeroflot and Austrian Airlines bagged third and fourth positions with 87.83 percent and 87.78 percent respectively, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
FlightStats plays a leadership role in collecting and distributing real-time and historic flight information to the global travel community.
According to the report, Saudia operated a total of 12,354 flights during the period, of which 10,981 were on-time while 774 were delayed by half an hour.
Sulaiman Amer, assistant director of operations monitoring center at Saudia, said that the FlightStats' report during last year showed that Saudia ranked 6th among other airlines worldwide in the on-time performance standard. "The airline maintained 90.43 percent in on-time performance when it operated 178,247 scheduled services in 2013," he said.
According to Amer, the month of June (Shaaban 3 -Ramadan 4) represented the peak season for the airline as it coincided with the summer vacation and peak Umrah season when large numbers of passengers used Saudia in the domestic and international sectors. "Most often, Saudia operates 500 domestic and international flight services on a daily basis with the on-time performance percentage exceeds 90 percent most often," he claimed.
© The Saudi Gazette 2014
