Kenya Airways (KQ) has emerged the most punctual African flag carrier, having made timely arrivals for over 70 percent of its flights in 2023, beating Ethiopian Airlines, which has been leading for years. On-time performance (OTP) analysis by aviation analytics firm Cirium reveals that of the 41,905 flights KQ made in 2023, the carrier made timely arrivals in more than 30,000, giving it a performance rate of 71.86 percent. This made KQ the most punctual flag carrier on the continent and the second airline in Africa, coming after South Africa-based privately-owned low-cost carrier Safair, which completed 92.36 percent of its flights on time. Across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region, KQ was ranked the tenth most punctual airline, in a list topped by Oman’s flag carrier Oman Air, which made timely arrivals in 92.53 percent of all its flights. This is the first time KQ has performed better than its arch-rival on the continent, Ethiopian Airlines (ET), which has held the position of the most punctual flag carrier in Africa for the past five years. In 2022, ET was ranked sixth in the MEA region, and the first in Africa, having arrived on time in 77.3 percent of its flights. KQ did not feature among the best 10. In 2021, ET was ranked fourth in the region and second in Africa, after Safair, with KQ still missing in the top 10. KQ last featured among the 10 most punctual airlines in 2019, when it came tenth. ቅምሻ!!! ጥፍጥ ያለ ዜና! Follow us for more!!! #Kemesha #digitalmedia #digitalnews
This will continue to happen. Ethiopian Arline keeps on pushing out professionals that served the company for years and years based on their ethnicity and political differences. Hence, the airline keeping on losing its leading position is just logic.
Workineh Muleta
4mo
They need one 100 years to catch up 🇪🇹 airline...
A.M
4moThis data may need some clarification like the number of services provided per person, is it a comparable flight? , how many planes does KQ own?(this determines a receiving flight and outgoing flight numbers controlled by the air traffic leave alone weather conditions). This needs detail clarification don't bring any news below the basic parameters.