OREANDA-NEWS. The largest Russian air carrier, Aeroflot, has been recognized as the most punctual among the 20 global airlines in the world in October this year. This was reported on Friday to the Russian media in the company's press service, citing the results of the rating compiled by the international British analytical agency OAG.

"According to the monthly OAG On-Time Performance Report, in October Aeroflot completed 89.8% of flights on schedule, this result was also recognized as the best among the largest carriers in Europe with more than 30 thousand flights per month", the source said. agencies. He noted that the Russian carrier was ahead of key competitors and increased punctuality by 0.6 percentage points compared to September. Aeroflot has repeatedly occupied the first line of the OAG world rating, the last time the company was recognized as the best in punctuality based on the results of work in September this year.

The press service noted that OAG had previously rated Aeroflot's punctuality at the five-star level. “We have become the only airline from Russia and the largest company in Europe in terms of traffic volume, which received the highest score”, the source said. He explained in this regard that only 10% of OAG On-Time Performance Star Ratings program participants are rated the best.