Comes as no surprise

We all knew it but still the news perturbed us that Air India is ranked as the third worst airlines in the world. It comes as no surprise but when we see it being stacked with absolute losers, it makes us realise that the national carrier is nothing different.

This statistics comes from aviation insights company, FlightStats and its list is like the Oscars of the sector. The list of best and worst airlines across the world is based on their on-time performance records.

First the worst of 2016:

1. El Al – 56%

2. Icelandair – 41.05%

3. Air India – 38.71%

4. Philippine Airlines – 38.33%

5. Asiana Airlines – 37.46%

6. China Eastern Airlines – 35.8%

7. Hong Kong Airlines – 33.42%

8. Air China – 32.73%

9. Korean Air – 31.74%

10. Hainan Airlines – 30.3%

And the best performing are:

1. KLM – 11.47%

2. Iberia – 11.82%

3. JAL – 12.2%

4. Qatar Airways – 13.66%

5. Austrian – 14.26%

6. ANA – 14.46%

7. Singapore Airlines – 14.55%

8. Delta Air Lines – 14.83%

9. TAM Linhas Aéreas – 14.93%

10. Qantas – 15.7%