El Al ranked 32. Delta Airlines came in first as the most punctual airline.
By JPOST.COM STAFFUpdated: JANUARY 8, 2019 07:15An Israeli flag is seen on the first of Israel's El Al Airlines order of 16 Boeing 787 Dreamliner jets, as it lands at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, Israel August 23, 2017. REUTERS/Amir Cohen(photo credit: REUTERS/AMIR COHEN)
El Al ranked 32 in punctuality for 2018, moving up three places from 2017 in the popular Flightstats annual report.Flightstats looks at data from millions of takeoffs and landings around the world. A late flight is defined as an arrival or departure at least 15 minutes later than the originally scheduled landing time. Delta Airlines came in first as the most punctual airline, with 86.09% of flights taking off and landing on time. Qatar Airways came in a close second, with 85.88% punctual flights.El Al, Israel's national air carrier, had 70.15% punctual flights. Its closest peers were Lufthansa (71%), Swiss International Air Lines (69%) and British Airways (76.7%). Flightstats has been ranking airline punctuality since 2009.
