Overview
- Aeromexico led global on-time performance for a second straight year with 90.02% across 188,859 flights, becoming only the second airline to win back-to-back since 2009.
- Qatar Airways received the Platinum Award for operational excellence with 84.42% on-time performance over more than 198,303 flights.
- Istanbul Airport won the Airport Platinum Award with 80.72% on-time performance, while Santiago (SCL), Tocumen (PTY) and Guayaquil (GYE) topped the large, medium and small airport categories.
- Delta Air Lines was North America’s most on-time carrier for the fifth consecutive year, recording 80.9% on-time arrivals across 1.8 million flights during a year of ATC issues, severe weather and a 43-day U.S. government shutdown.
- Virgin Atlantic was named Most Improved, rising from 74.01% in 2024 to 83.45% in 2025, under Cirium’s methodology using 600+ real-time data sources and a 14:59-minute on-time threshold.