{"id":192716,"date":"2026-10-09T13:00:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T13:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/?p=192716"},"modified":"2026-10-10T11:24:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T11:24:44","slug":"most-punctual-airlines-in-september-cirium-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/10\/most-punctual-airlines-in-september-cirium-say.html","title":{"rendered":"Most Punctual Airlines in September, Cirium say"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Aviation analytics firm Cirium has released its monthly On-Time Performance (OTP) report for <em>September 2026<\/em>. In the <strong>&#8220;Global Airlines&#8221; <\/strong>category, China&#8217;s <strong>Hainan Airlines <\/strong>claimed the top spot, achieving an on-time arrival rate of 92.71%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In North America, <strong>WestJet<\/strong> secured first place with an 85.31% on-time performance rate. <strong>Delta Air Lines<\/strong> took second place at 82.52%, while <strong>Alaska Airlines<\/strong> rounded out the top three at 80.73%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Across the Latin American market, <strong>Sky Airline<\/strong> led the ranking with 91.52% of its flights arriving on schedule. It was followed by <strong>Copa Airlines<\/strong> at 90.45%, <strong>Volaris<\/strong> at 90.07%, <strong>Aerom\u00e9xico<\/strong> at 89.67%, and <strong>Avianca<\/strong> at 87.90%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/09\/copa-airlines-expands-connectivity-in-colombia-with-increased-frequencies-to-bucaramanga-and-pereira.html\">Copa Airlines Expands Connectivity in Colombia with Increased Frequencies to Bucaramanga and Pereira<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Europe, <strong>Austrian Airlines<\/strong> emerged as the operational leader with an 86.01% on-time arrival rate.<strong> Iberia <\/strong>placed second at 85.62%, while <strong>SAS <\/strong>completed the podium with 84.68%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Asia-Pacific region, <strong>Hainan Airlines<\/strong> spearheaded the list at 92.71%. <strong>Trinity Airways <\/strong>secured the second spot with 89.03%, followed by <strong>Air New Zealand<\/strong> in third place with 87.57%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Middle East and Africa, <strong>Gulf Air <\/strong>claimed the top position with an on-time performance of 92.90%. <strong>Royal Jordanian <\/strong>followed in second place with 92.14%, and <strong>Safair<\/strong> finished third with 91.67%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"related-topics\">Related Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-post-grid uagb-post-grid  uagb-post__image-position-top uagb-post__image-enabled uagb-block-9e302684     uagb-post__items uagb-post__columns-2 is-grid uagb-post__columns-tablet-2 uagb-post__columns-mobile-1 uagb-post__equal-height\" data-total=\"228\" style=\"\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/10\/tocumen-airport-and-copa-airlines-resume-operations-following-powerful-earthquake-in-panama.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener 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