JAL – World’s most on-time airline
by Dave on 10/03/10 at 5:12 pm
Japanese are famous for their fast trains that are precisely on-time and, as of recently, their airline services. According to records from FlightStats, Japan’s JAL and ANA were named the world’s most on-time airline companies.
Out of Japan Airlines‘ 216,478 flights, 90.95% of them were less than 15 minutes late or on-time. Another 
Japanese airline, ANA, comes in second, with 130,852 flights in 2009 where 90.37% were less than 15 minutes late. Here’s the rest of the airlines from the top 10, according to Forbes.com.
3. SAS (Sweden) – 158,572 flights in 2009, 89.11% on-time or less than 15 minutes late
4. Korean Air Lines (Korea) – 133,662 flights, 88.61% on-time or less than 15 minutes late
5. Horizon Air (USA) – 142,094 flights, 85.88% on-time
6. Air Nostrum (Spain) – 119,549 flights, 85.80% on-time
7. Chautauqua Airlines (USA, regional carrier for major American airlines) – 171,026 flights, 84.60% on-time
8. Qantas (Australia) – 153,816 flights, 83.90% on-time
9. Lufthansa (Germany) – 386,205 flights, 83.21% on-time
10. British European, formerly known as Jersey European (U.K.) – 128,360 flights, 82.64% on-time
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