SAS Scandinavian Airlines Ranked Europe’s Most Punctual Airline; Saudia Top Globally

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Geoff Percival
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Planes of Scandinavian airline SAS sit on the tarmac in a row on July 4, 2022 at Oslo Airport Gardermoen after it became clear that 900 pilots of Scandinavian airline SAS would be taken out on strike. Scandinavian airline SAS said that negotiations between the carrier and the pilots' union had failed to reach an agreement, prompting some 900 pilots to strike. (Photo by Beate Oma Dahle / NTB / AFP) / Norway OUT (Photo by BEATE OMA DAHLE/NTB/AFP via Getty Images)

SAS Scandinavian Airlines has been named Europe’s most punctual airline.

The latest monthly on-time performance rankings, by aviation analyst Cirium, found that SAS Scandinavian Airlines had 91.92% of its flights arrive on time during March.

The top 5 European punctual carriers list was rounded out by Austrian Airlines, Turkish Airlines, Transavia France and SunExpress.

On a global basis, SAS Scandinavian Airlines took second place; behind leader Saudia – which had a 94.07% on-time rate.

On the global list, Aeromexico, Qatar Airways and Turkish Airlines rounded out the top five.

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