All Things On Time PerformanceIncreasing air traffic has airline and airport executives laser-focused on on-time performance (OTP). This emphasis, however, is not without potential tradeoffs which must be managed. Read here how aviation professionals are dealing with this.
Line maintenance is an essential part of flight operations and its activities are prioritized above all others. Yet, this importance leads in many cases to inefficiencies tolerated in the name of safety-first, negatively impacting on-time performance.
Not only annoying for passengers but extremely expensive for carriers − delays are still an issue in the aviation industry. In the last few years, the punctuality of flights has improved on a global scale, despite the growing number of passengers, departures and arrivals. How? Find it out here.
Managing de-icing requests on a daily basis can be very challenging. With the right solution you can ensure that these services are delivered on time. Find out how an optimal strategy looks like in our video.
Punctuality is in aviation a must. In order to ensure the optimal execution of all turn-around processes it is important to keep on-time performance on the radar. Here we tell you why.
If you’ve entered an aircraft more than once or twice in your life, you will probably have experienced delays of different lengths. Well, it’s not that the flight crew or the loading crew are dragging their feet. See the real reasons, at least statistically – here are the Top-10.
Commercial Passenger Aviation is a complex matter. Successful ground operations require the coordination of a virtually endless number of processes. Further complicating the matter are disruptions which are part of the daily business. Unpredictable external changes and operational irregularities of¬ten need to be resolved within seconds.
Air travelers, who experienced the recent polar vortex and related winter storms in North America, know that extreme weather has a definite impact on air travel and its participants; the airlines, ground handlers, airports and passengers. How can OTP be ensured under these conditions?
Delays cost a lot of money, that’s why both mainline carriers (MCs) as well as low-cost carriers (LCCs) try to avoid them the best they can. How do they compete and what are their successes? Let’s take a look at the larger airlines in the world. In the US, there Continue Reading
The 2018 punctuality rankings on top airports and airlines wordwide are shown as tables of 20 each based on on-time performance (OTP). OAG, the source of these rankings, defines OTP as “flights that arrive or depart within 15 minutes of their scheduled arrival/departure times” including cancellations. TOP 20 MEGA AIRLINES BY Continue Reading
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