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Stormy weather significantly impacted June’s air traffic performance in North America. North American airlines, on average, delivered 73.57 per cent of their flights to the arrival gate within 15 minutes of schedule in June compared with 79.98 per cent in May. The group’s cancellations decreased to 2.10 per cent up from 1.29 per cent, according to FlightStats.
In Europe, a mix of major and regional airlines turned in solid performances in June despite the French air traffic controller strike, it says.
Meanwhile, nine of the top 10 Asian airlines delivered greater than 90 per cent of their flights to the gate on time in June. The average on-time performance rating among the 41 Asian airlines we analysed was 68.86 per cent, down from May’s 72.39 per cent. Cancellations for the group were 2.00 per cent, says FlightStats.
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Finnair
On-time average in June: 90.34 per cent
Percentage of cancelled flights: 0.44 per cent
Percentage of diverted flights: 0.00 per cent
Headquarters: Vantaa
Country: Finland
Finnair, which was launched on November 1, 1923, flies to 60 cities in Europe, 11 in Asia and provides connections to more than 800 destinations around the world.
It flies around 10 million travellers every year and has a staff strength of about 10,000. With no serious accident since 1963, it has been voted as one of the safest carriers in the globe.
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KLM
On-time average in June: 89.70 per cent
Percentage of cancelled flights: 0.29 per cent
Percentage of diverted flights: 0.01 per cent
Headquarters: Amstelveen
Country: The Netherlands
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines was founded on October, 7, 1919, to serve the Netherlands and its colonies. KLM is today the oldest airline still operating under its original name. It has been part of the Air Frace KLM group since the merger in 2004. Through its trans-Atlantic joint-venture, KLM operates 260 daily flights, carries 17 million passengers and earns $12 billion in revenue.
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Loganair
On-time average in June: 87.90 per cent
Percentage of cancelled flights: 1.34 per cent
Percentage of diverted flights: 0.00 per cent
Headquarters: Glasgow International Airport
Country: Scotland, Great Britain
Loganair began in 1962 as air taxi service of Logan Construction Company, operating a single Piper Aztec from Edinburgh. In 2012, Loganair celebrated its 50th anniversary of service to its home markets in Scotland, as well as its expanding network in Ireland and England. Loganair now also flies across the North Sea to the oil and gas town of Den Helder in the Netherlands.
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Easyjet
On-time average in June: 87.20 per cent
Percentage of cancelled flights: 2.52 per cent
Percentage of diverted flights: 0.04 per cent
Headquarters: Luton Airport in London
Country: United Kingdom
Easyjet was launched in March 1995 by Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou to offer low-cost flights in Europe. The airline, which flies on more popular routes across Europe than any other airline, carried more than 50 million travellers in 2012, making it the second-largest budget carrier after Ryanair.
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Rossiya
On-time average in June: 86.63 per cent
Percentage of cancelled flights: 0.26 per cent
Percentage of diverted flights: 0.00 per cent
Headquarters: Saint Petersburg
Country: Russia
The airline, which carries more than four million passengers per year, began operating flights on October 29, 2006. The fleet consists of 33 modern airliners, including An-148-100V used on short distance operations and Boeing 767-300 for long-haul flights.
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LOT - Polish Airlines
On-time average in June: 86.59 per cent
Percentage of cancelled flights: 0.70 per cent
Percentage of diverted flights: 0.00 per cent
Headquarters: Warsaw
Country: Poland
The airline launched its first flight on January 1, 1929. The carrier, one of the world's oldest, has a fleet of 55 aircraft and operates to 60 cities from its base in Warsaw, Poland. It carried 46 million passengers in 2011, 24,500 tonnes of cargo and generated revenue of 3.30 billion Polish zloty.
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Iberia
On-time average in June: 85.70 per cent
Percentage of cancelled flights: 0.64 per cent
Percentage of diverted flights: 0.00 per cent
Headquarters: Madrid
Country: Spain
Iberia is Spain’s largest air transport group and, after its merger with British Airways in January 2011, it has become the third-largest in Europe and the sixth largest in the world in terms of revenues. It is also the leading airline on routes between Europe and Latin America.
The airline, which has been operating for the past 85 years, carried 54.6 million passengers in 2012, 6.08 million tonnes of cargo, has 59.574 employees and flies 133 aircraft to 91 destinations in 35 countries.
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SAS
On-time average in June: 85.30 per cent
Percentage of cancelled flights: 1.08 per cent
Percentage of diverted flights: 0.01 per cent
Headquarters: Stockholm Arlanda Airport
Country: Sweden
SAS was formed in 1946 and the first flight took off from Stockholm to New York. Today, the group transports 28 million passengers to 136 destinations around the world.
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Aegean Airlines
On-time average in June: 84.62 per cent
Percentage of cancelled flights: 0.23 per cent
Percentage of diverted flights: 0.00 per cent
Headquarters: Attica
Country: Greece
The airline began operating in 1999 and currently has 30 planes flying to 48 destinations. In 2010 Aegean Airlines carried 6,100,000 passengers, of which 50 per cent were foreigners, according to Wikipedia.
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Aeroflot
On-time average in June: 83.17 per cent
Percentage of cancelled flights: 1.01 per cent
Percentage of diverted flights: 0.00 per cent
Headquarters: Moscow
Country: Russia
July 15, 1923, marks the introduction of the first regular domestic route between Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod. Through its hub at Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow, Aeroflot operates flights to 122 destinations in 52 countries (36 destinations in Russia). In 2012, Aeroflot carried more 17.6 million passengers (24.6 per cent increase on 2011).
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Turkish Airlines
On-time average in June: 82.42 per cent
Percentage of cancelled flights: 0.23 per cent
Percentage of diverted flights: 0.00 per cent
Headquarters: Istanbul
Country: Turkey
The airline's first international flight was to Greece on February 12, 1947. Today it carries 40 million passengers to 197 international and 37 domestic airports. It's the fourth-biggest airline in the world in terms of destinations.
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Lufthansa
On-time average in June: 81.13 per cent
Percentage of cancelled flights: 1.18 per cent
Percentage of diverted flights: 0.00 per cent
Headquarters: Cologne
Country: Germany
The Lufthansa Group is an aviation group with global operations and a total of more than 400 subsidiaries and associated companies. It is divided into five business segments, which cover the areas of passenger transportation, airfreight and airline services: Passenger Airline Group, Logistics, MRO, Catering and IT Services. The airlines constitute the core business segment of the Lufthansa Group. Lufthansa Passenger Airlines, Swiss and Austrian Airlines enjoy an outstanding reputation in the market as quality airlines.
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Swiss
On-time average in June: 79.03 per cent
Percentage of cancelled flights: 1.20 per cent
Percentage of diverted flights: 0.00 per cent
Headquarters: Zurich
Country: Swizerland
Swiss International Air Lines serves 74 destinations in 38 countries all over the world from its Zurich hub and the further Swiss international airports of Basel and Geneva with a fleet of 92 aircraft.
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Air France
On-time average in June: 72.64 per cent
Percentage of cancelled flights: 4.55 per cent
Percentage of diverted flights: 0.01 per cent
Headquarters: Paris
Country: France
It has built a well-balanced network offering passengers a wide choice of flights out of Paris-Charles de Gaulle, the main hub for Air France traffic, in addition to Paris-Orly, essentially operating point-to-point flights, and Lyon-Saint-Exupery, linking major regional and European destinations.
Air France, which began operations on October 7, 1933, today carries 78 million passengers per year.
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British Airways
On-time average in June: 65.98 per cent
Percentage of cancelled flights: 0.65 per cent
Percentage of diverted flights: 0.02 per cent
Headquarters: London
Country: The United Kingdom
British Airways can trace its origins back to August 1919 when one of its forerunners launched the world’s first daily international scheduled air service between London and Paris. It is one of the world’s leading airlines and is part of International Airlines Group. It is based at London's Heathrow and is the airport’s major operator with about 50 per cent of flights to and from the airport. The airline operates in excess of 300,000 flights per year to 160 different cities.