Don’t believe all you hear or read about so-called Mexican “inefficiency.”
Aeromexico has retained its growing reputation for punctuality, becoming April’s top-ranked on-time international airline for the second time in three months.
On-time performance (OTP) in aviation compares the number of on-time flights with the number of total flights of an airline.
According to aviation analysts Cirium, Aeromexico had an OTP of 88.83 percent last month, regaining its position as the global leader attained in February. The figures are defined as an aircraft arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of its scheduled arrival time.
Cirium’s data showed that in April Aeromexico beat Asian giants Japan Airlines (JAL) and ANA into second and third place, with Spanish national airline Iberia in fourth.
After topping the global rankings in February with an OTP of 90.66 percent, Aeromexico dipped to fourth place in March behind Qatar Airways, Pegasus and Avianca.
Although in first place in April’s international OTP airline rankings, Aeromexico is in fourth place in its regional Latin America punctuality performance, behind Copa Airlines, Caribbean Airlines and Brazil’s Gol Linhas Aéreas.