SriLankan Airlines world’s most punctual airline
Posted by Editor on June 7, 2019 - 11:57 am
The SriLankan Airlines has been named as the world’s most punctual airline with 90.75 per cent of its flights in May 2019 being ‘on-time’ throughout its route network, SriLankan Airlines said.
In a statement, it said this was the second occasion in less than 12 months that SriLankan Airlines had achieved this milestone, having also achieved the world’s number one ranking in September 2018 with a punctuality rating of 91.37 per cent.
The statement claimed SriLankan Airlines has consistently been one of the world’s most punctual airlines over the last 12 months, with 86% of flights departing on time and 85% arriving on time from June 2018 through May 2019 on average.

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At last we became No. 1 in a good thing! Sri Lankans have to celebrate.