Latin America
The region continued to show improvement in operations in March with a 6% decrease in the number of reported flights cancelled (2,745) compared to 2,938 last month.
Copa Airlines (CM) maintained its dominance in the region with a remarkable OTP of 90.26%. The Panama-based airline has dominated the Latin America region for three straight months this year.
- With a 6-point improvement over last month’s performance (82.43%), Gol (G3) secured the second-place position with an OTP of 88.62%. The airline also showed the most improvement among the region’s top five carriers, with a 6-point increase from February’s OTP of 82.43%.
- Caribbean Airlines (BW) closely followed GOL in third place with an OTP of 88.50%.
- Avianca (AV) took the fourth-place position with an OTP of 87.05%, a 3-point improvement over February.
- After a near 4-point decline from last month, Aeromexico (AM) descended from second to fifth place with an OTP of 87.02%.
Airport On-Time Performance
Tocumen International Airport (PTY), the main hub for Copa Airlines, also delivered an impressive OTP of 91.65%.
Benito Juarez International Airport (MEX), the main hub of Aeromexico, delivered an OTP of 85.93%. Similarly, the airport also experienced a 2-point decrease compared to February’s OTP of 88.36%.
Following the same trend, major airports serving as hubs for airlines such as Copa, Caribbean, GOL, Avianca, Aeromexico, and LATAM all showed improvements in their March performance compared to February.
- Jorge Chavez International Airport (LIM) made huge gains with an OTP of 89.41%, which was a near 7-point improvement over last month’s OTP of 82.88%.
- Arturo Merino Benitez Airport (SCL) delivered a 5-point increase in their OTP with 86.95% in March, up from 81.51% in February.
- Jose Joaquin de Olmedo Airport (GYE) turned in an OTP of 91.67%, a 2-point improvement from last month’s OTP of 89.57%.
- Mariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO) showed a near 2-point improvement from February with an OTP of 91.91%.
Middle East & Africa
Middle East & Africa witnessed a 12% surge in the number of flights canceled in March. The region had 1,950 flights canceled compared to 1,739 last month.
Safair (FA) was still the undisputed leader in both the Middle East & Africa region and the low-cost carrier category in March. The airline concluded the month with an outstanding OTP of 96.67%, up nearly three points from 93.96% in February. This was also the highest performance score among all carriers across all regions and categories.
- Oman Air (WY) followed in second place, also with an impressive OTP of 93.32%. This was a 5-point increase compared to last month’s performance.
- With a remarkable thirteen-point increase over last month’s performance, Royal Jordanian (RJ) climbed from seventh to third place this month with an OTP of 89.68%.
- Gulf Air (GF) remained in fourth place with an OTP of 88.35%, a 4-point increase over February’s OTP of 84.08%.
- Qatar Airways (QR) finished the month in fifth place with an OTP of 87.36%, a 4-point increase over the previous month’s OTP of 83.27%.
Airport On-Time Performance
Airports in the region also showed huge improvements in their performance this month. King Khalid International Airport (RUH) secured the second-place spot in the global airports category with an OTP of 87.32% following a 4-point increase from last month’s OTP of 83.13%.
- Kuwait International Airport (KWI) delivered an OTP of 87.32%, up nearly 7 points from February’s performance of 80.51%.
- Meanwhile, Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport (ADB) turned in an OTP of 91.61%, a 2-point increase over last month’s OTP of 89.57%.
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Sources: AirGuide Business airguide.info, bing.com, cirium.com
