Source: Iberia
- And the fifth in the world, according to the Cirium consulting firm
- Despite the difficulties experienced by most of the European airports where Iberia operates, 81.34% of its flights arrived at their destination on time
Iberia, once again, tops the punctuality podium in June, as confirmed by the international consulting firm Cirium -formerly FlightStats-.
In June, 81.34% of the 13,196 flights operated by Iberia arrived at their destination on time, making it the most punctual European airline.
This result reflects the commitment and effort made by Iberia’s teams during a particularly difficult summer, due to the issues faced by some European airports, which are experiencing operational problems and are being forced to reduce and cancel flights.
As this is the first summer following the end of Covid-19 restrictions and a rise in demand was expected, in March Iberia decided to hire extra staff, especially at airports operating at 5% to 10% above the capacity deployed by the airlines they serve. This was a key buffering factor, at least for the time being, at European and US airports, and allowed Iberia to preserve the punctuality of its flights.
The Cirium ranking also places Iberia as the fifth most punctual network airline in the world in June: (see atteched images).