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PUNCTUALITY OF UKRAINIAN AIRLINES FALLS FROM 79.4% TO 77.1% IN JAN

14 February , 2019  

Ukrainian airlines in January 2019 serviced 77.1% of flights of the total number of flights serviced at Ukrainian airports within the 15 minute deviation from the timetable, while in November 2018 the figure was 79.4%, Ukraine’s Infrastructure Ministry has reported. According to the ministry, in January Ukrainian airlines serviced 3,687 flights.
The Infrastructure Ministry said that the punctuality of foreign airlines in January compared with November decreased to 75.1%, while the number of flights totaled 2,659.
Of the Ukrainian airlines that made more than 50 flights a month in January, Motor Sich remains the most punctual, although last month its figure dropped to 87.3% from 95.6% a month earlier, with the number of flights 236.
Windrose is second with 83.2% and with the number of 274.
Punctuality of Ukraine’s largest airline in the market – Ukraine International Airlines – was only 71.4%, while the number of flights serviced was 2,708.
The indicators in January for SkyUp, Bravo, Yanair and Azur Air Ukraine were 63% and 61.2%.
Jordan Aviation, Air Malta, Aegean Airlines, Iraqi Airlines and Alitalia were ranked the top of the January punctuality rating among foreign airlines with the 100% punctuality, although the number of their flights is small – from four to 19 per month.
Pegasus Airlines had the best performance among low cost airlines – 77.6% with 107 flights, while Irish Ryanair and the Italian airline Ernest turned out to be next in the rating – 71.2% with 226 flights and 70.6% with 126 flights respectively. The figure of Hungarian Wizzair was 68.1% with 457 flights.
Among other foreign airlines that serviced more than 100 flights from Ukraine in January, Belavia had the best result – 87.3% with 237 flights. Polish LOT had 83.7% with 349 flights, and Austrian Airlines – 72.1% with 122 flights.

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