Top 10 of the on-time performing airlines in 2009

Flightstats.com is a leading provider of worldwide flight on-time performance information to the global travel and transportation industries. Flightstats is publishing their "Airline and Airport On-time Performance - Year-end Report" every year. The 2009 report was recently published.

1. Japan Airlines (Japan)
   90.95% flights arriving within 15 minutes of scheduled arrival
2. ANA (Japan)
   90.37% flights arriving within 15 minutes of scheduled arrival
3. SAS (Sweden)
   89.11% flights arriving within 15 minutes of scheduled arrival
4. Korean Airlines (South Korea)
   88.61% flights arriving within 15 minutes of scheduled arrival
5. Horizon Airlines (USA)
   85.88% flights arriving within 15 minutes of scheduled arrival
6. Air Nostrum (Spain)
   85.80% flights arriving within 15 minutes of scheduled arrival
7. Chautauqua Airlines (USA)
   84.60% flights arriving within 15 minutes of scheduled arrival
8. Qantas (Australia)
   83.90% flights arriving within 15 minutes of scheduled arrival
9. Lufthansa (Germany)
   83.21% flights arriving within 15 minutes of scheduled arrival
10. Flybe (UK)
    82.64% flights arriving within 15 minutes of scheduled arrival

Worth noting:

• All Nippon Airlines (ANA) had the lowest percentage of flights delayed more than 44 minutes (1.22%)
• China's Hainan Airlines had the lowest percentage of cancelled flights (.01%)
• Air China had the highest percentage of cancelled flights in 2009 (4.07%)

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