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<\/span><\/p>\nSafair <\/span>reported a 94.2% performance level giving them a clear advantage over second-placed Star Flyer<\/span> who finished the month with a 92.6% OTP rate and recorded no cancellations.<\/p>\nIn the large airline category<\/span> (more than 20,000 flights a month) Hainan Airlines<\/span> achieved the highest OTP rate in January with 86.4% of flights on time, slightly ahead of LATAM<\/span> (83.6%) which operated nearly twice as many flights as Hainan. With such large operations, some cancellations inevitably occur in every airline. However, <\/span>IndiGo<\/span> recorded a near-perfect month with <\/span>just one cancellation<\/span> reported across their 69,012 flights tracked.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nAmongst the big airline category<\/span> (between 10,000 to 20,000 scheduled flights a month) three European airlines recorded zero cancellations:<\/span><\/p>\n\n- ITA Airways<\/li>\n
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ITA Airways<\/span> also ranked as the third most punctual airline in the category with an OTP rate of 88.7%. At the other end of the spectrum Frontier Airlines<\/span> cancelled 347 flights, a 2.1% rate. Other airlines with a high number of cancellations included Swiss <\/span>with 205 flights cancelled, Air New Zealand<\/span> (212) and Westjet<\/span> with 339.<\/p>\nProving that small (between 1,500 and 4,000 scheduled flights) can be beautiful, four of January’s top ten OTP performers fall into the small airline category<\/span> with three of the category’s top five based in Japan. Star Flyer<\/span> at 92.6% were top of the category followed by Fuji Dreams<\/span> with Solaseed <\/span>in fourth spot. Royal Jordanian<\/span> with an OTP rate of 88.4% breaking up the Japanese dominance by taking third spot. However, being small can also (on occasion) lead to larger operational challenges as Intercaribbean Airways<\/span> can confirm, January saw the airline cancel 219 flights, equivalent to an 11.6% cancellation rate.<\/p>\n
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