The world's most punctual airlines

Japan Airlines

Japan Airlines is considered to be the major international airlines for its significant operations to other continents. The airlines is said to be 90.35 percent On-time.

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All Nippon Airways

All Nippon Airways is known to have had the lowest cancellation rate among all global airlines. The airways observed 0.22 percent cancellations.

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Alaska Airlines

Alaska Airlines acknowledged being North America’s major airlines for operating at least 30, 000 scheduled flights annually. Alaska Airlines is 87.26 percent On-time.

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Hawaiian Airlines

Of all the airlines based in the North American Region, Hawaiian Airlines is known to be the best with at least 20,000 scheduled flights annually. Hawaiian Airlines is 92.29 percent On-time.

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LOT Polish Airlines

LOT Polish Airlines is Europe’s Major Airlines with 89.35 percent On-time performance and about 30,000 scheduled flights annually within Europe.

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Aegean Airlines

Aegean Airlines is the popular Europe Regional Airlines and known for its service to limited region of Europe. Aegean Airlines is 93.02 percent On-time and operates at least 20,000 scheduled flights annually.

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Japan Airlines

When it comes to Asia’s major airlines, Japan Airlines steals the show with 90.35 percent On-time performance and operates at least 30,000 scheduled flights annually within Asia.

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J-Air

J-Air is considered to be the most popular airline for its service within a limited region of Asia. J-Air is 92.85 percent On-time and operates at least 20,000 scheduled flights annually.

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South African Airways

South African Airways is a major airline in the Middle East and Africa. It operates about 30,000 scheduled flights annually and is 91.17 percent On-time.

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Air New Zealand

Air New Zealand is regarded as the Pacific Major Airlines for its 87.76 percent On-time and operations which include at least 30,000 scheduled flights annually.

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Azul - Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras

Azul - Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras is the airline which is best known for its operations in South America. The airline has a reputation of being 80.04 percent On-time and operating about 30,000 scheduled flights annually within South America.

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oneworld Alliance

oneworld Alliance is considered to be the best new airline alliance to provide convenient marketing branding to facilitate travelers making inter-airline code share connections within countries.

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All Nippon Airlines

All Nippon Airlines is recognized as the best airline for its network. It flies a significant number of international flights spanning at least three continents with at least 30,000 flights operated annually and 85.46 percent On-time.

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Click next to check how the world's biggest airport will look.

The world's biggest airport is set to open in Beijing around October 2017, according to media reports. Beijing Daxing International Airport or Daxing World International Airport or Beijing Capital (Second) International Airport is to be built in Daxing, a rural area 46 km south of Tiananmen Square, Beijing's political center. (Image/ Design Copyright of NACO, Netherlands Airport Consultants B.V)

The new airport is expected to serve Tianjin and Hebei province as well as Beijing. The airport will cover an area of 2,680 hectares. It would replace Beijing Capital International Airport (which had 78 million passengers in 2011, second most in the world) as the main airport of Beijing and the largest in China. (Image/ Design Copyright of NACO, Netherlands Airport Consultants B.V)

Early media reports suggested that there could be up to 9 runways: 8 runways for civil aviation plus one runway dedicated to military usage. Construction for the new airport is projected to begin in late 2012. The programmed completion date for the new airport is October 2017. A new high speed rail service is planned which will connect the airport to central Beijing with a journey time of 30 minutes. (Image/ Design Copyright of NACO, Netherlands Airport Consultants B.V)

The airport is planned to be able to handle 120 to 200 million passengers a year, which, if capacity were fully used, would make it the world's busiest airport by passenger traffic, surpassing Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport. (Image/ Design Copyright of NACO, Netherlands Airport Consultants B.V)

Speaking of airports and their capacity, here’s looking at the busiest airports in India. As per the Ministry of Tourism, India in the first half of 2012, has witnessed 3.2 million foreign arrivals and 55.9 million air arrivals in India during the first quarter of 2012.

Click on next to know more about the busiest airports in India.

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The highest number of air arrivals was recorded in the National Capital Region 18.2 million with the domestic arrivals accounting for 12.7 million and foreign arrivals of 5.5 million. The Indira Gandhi International Airport has witnessed an increase in total arrivals by 6 percent over the January-June period from 2011-12, while it was 22 percent from 2010-11. (Photo: A Ranjan/Wikimedia Commons)

Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport comes next with 15.1 million air arrivals and has witnessed an increase of 2 percent in total arrivals over the January-June period in 2012 over 2011, while it was 10 percent in 2011 over 2010 in the same period. (Photo: Nipun/Wikimedia Commons)

Chennai stands third with 7.6 million air arrivals and the Anna International Airport witnessed an increase in total arrivals by 3 percent over the January-June year on year. Over 6.5 million arrivals were recorded during the first six months of 2012. Anna International Airport is currently the third busiest airport in India. (Photo: Nikkul/Wikimedia Commons)

Bangalore finished closely behind with 7.2 million air arrivals. The Bengaluru International Airport recorded an increase of 1 percent in total arrivals in first quarter 2012 over the corresponding 2011 quarter and approximately 12 percent higher over the arrival in 2010. Approximately 6.2 million tourists have arrived in these six months. (Photo: Official website)

Kolkata witnessed 4.5 million air arrivals and the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Airport witnessed a growth in total arrivals by 2 percent over the January-June year on year. Of the total arrivals, 85 percent were domestic while only 15 percent were international arrivals. (Photo: Abdullah McDaniel/Wikimedia Commons)

Last but not the least, Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi Hyderabad International Airport witnessed 3.3 million air arrivals, an increase of 6 percent in total arrivals in first quarter 2012 over same time last year. There were over 6.5 million arrivals in the first 6 months. (Photo: Anil Bharadwaj/Wikimedia Commons)

Click next to look at some of the historical images of the magnificent Dubai airport.

(Pictured left: Image of the modern Terminal 1). Dubai Airport's passenger traffic in the first nine months of 2012 reached 42,565,340, up 13.4 per cent over 37,547,744 recorded during the same period in 2011

Dedicated for use by Emirates Airline, Terminal 3 increased Dubai International’s total capacity by 43 million passengers per year to 60 million. (Image: Exterior shot of Terminal 3)

Dubai Airports owns and manages the operation of both of Dubai’s airports – Dubai International (DXB) as well as Dubai World Central (DWC). (Left: Another picture from the 1960s)

Here's how the Dubai Airside looked during the seventies. Today, the collective capacity of T1 (Terminal 1), T2, and T3 is 60 million passengers per annum.

Dubai Airport is ranked the fourth busiest airport in the world in terms of international passengers according to Airports Council International’s latest figures (ACI). The airport serves more than 150 airlines flying to over 220 destinations across six continents.

This is a land side image of the Dubai airport in the 1970s.

(Pictured left: Dubai Airport - 1970s) Making up most of the modern Terminal 1 complex, Concourse 1, also known as the Sheikh Rashid Terminal (SRT), was opened in 2000.

This is how the airport changed ten years later - in 1980s.

(Pictured left: Airside-1970s) The modern Concourse 1 is approximately 800 metres long and is connected to Terminal 1 check-in area by a 300-metre long underground tunnel containing travelators (people movers).

This is how Dubai Airport looked almost 40 years back! (Pictured left: Dubai Airport, 1965)

At present more than 90 airlines operate out of Terminal 1. Terminal 1 has the capacity to handle 20 million passengers annually. (Pictured left: Dubai Airport, 1971)

Inaugurated on May 1st 1998 to alleviate congestion at Terminal 1, Terminal 2 caters to scheduled, charter and special interest flights during special occasions. At present more than 50 airlines operate out of this terminal. The capacity of arriving and departing passengers is 1200 peak hours respectively. Recent expansions and refurbishment have increased the annual capacity to 5 million passengers (from 3 million).

Dubai Airport in the seventies.

This is the Air Traffic Control Tower around that time.

Dubai International comprises three terminals:

Terminal 1 serves all airlines

Terminal 2 serves scheduled, charter, and special flights (pilgrimage)

Terminal 3 is dedicated for use by Emirates Airline

(Pictured left: A scene from the 1960s)

Dubai Airports was established as a commercial entity in April 2007, following organisational restructuring of the erstwhile Dubai Department of Civil Aviation (DCA). (Pictured left: DXB-1960s)

DXB is ranked the fourth busiest airport in the world in terms of international passengers according to Airports Council International’s latest figures (ACI). The airport serves more than 150 airlines flying to over 220 destinations across six continents. (Image: DXB-1960s-Airside)

Total built up area of DI is 1,444,474 sqm

[T1+C1 (246,474sqm) + T2 (13000 sqm) + T3+C2 (1,185,000 sqm)]

(Pictured left: DXB-1970s)

Dubai International has the capacity to handle 2.5 million tonnes of cargo per year (Image: DXB-1970s)

Here's an aerial view of Dubai Airport in the 1970s.

Dubai International recorded a total of 27,909 aircraft movements in September, up 3.9 per cent compared to 26,860 in September 2011. (Image: DXB-Lounge-1970s)

The Terminal 3 complex includes an associated airside facility (also known as concourse 2) and an A380 dedicated airside facility (concourse 3) that is currently under construction.

A Middle East Airlines flight at the Dubai Airport, in the 1960s.

A view of the airport's transit lounge (1970s)

An aerial shot of the Dubai Airport - 1970s.

(Images and information source: http://www.dubaiairport.com)