SriLankan achieves superior level of on-time performance 2017
View(s):SriLankan Airlines has recorded a ‘consistently superior on-time performance during the first six months of this year’, in comparison with its peers, the airline said this week in a media release.
It said the latest statistics by the global flight data tracker Flightstats.com ranks Sri Lanka’s national carrier as the 5th most punctual among 40 of the world’s leading airlines.
Capt. Suren Ratwatte, CEO of SriLankan Airlines, said: “We are delighted with the performance of every member of our team at SriLankan, who have raised the bar of professionalism to an extraordinary level in order to achieve such a consistent and long-term success. I feel certain that our passengers, who benefit most from this effort, would be absolutely delighted, as they know that they can count on SriLankan to be on-time, all the time.”
The release said SriLankan’s flights were on-time 86.49 per cent ahead of the time, far ahead of the average 78.33 per cent achieved by the 40 airlines Flightstats monitors. These include many of the best carriers in West Asia, Europe, Far East, Australia, North America, South America and South Asia.
“The high on-time performance is particularly impressive when taking into account the congestion and stresses that arose during the runway re-surfacing at Colombo’s Katunayake airport, which is SriLankan’s home base, during January to April 2017,” the release added.