Canadian airlines come in at low end of on-time performance: analytics firm

TORONTO –

Aviation analytics firm Cirium says Canada’s two largest airways ranked low when it comes to on-time efficiency this yr.

The information agency says that among the many 10 largest airways in Canada and the U.S., Air Canada and WestJet Airlines Ltd. ranked worst and second-worst for his or her punctuality.

Cirium says Air Canada had on-time arrivals (which means inside quarter-hour of the schedule) for about 55.6 per cent of its roughly 143,000 flights as of mid-December.

WestJet managed on-time arrivals for 60.7 per cent of its roughly 89,000 flights.

Cirium says top-ranked Delta Air Lines had on-time arrivals for about 84 per cent of its 960,000 flights.

The information would not embody the most recent journey woes this previous week attributable to main winter storms.

This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Dec. 29, 2022