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Connor Mycroft

Cathay Pacific Airways and Singapore Airlines improved their regional standing in terms of on-time performance in 2024, with Hong Kong’s flag carrier ranking ninth and its neighbouring rival coming third, a flight intelligence service provider said on Thursday.
Cirium’s On-Time Performance Review showed that while Cathay Pacific had gone up in the regional ranking, its punctuality performance had declined from 2023. Its budget arm, Hong Kong Express, also dropped out of the top 10 low-cost carriers list.
The annual report measures how well airlines and airports adhere to flight schedules.
An airline’s punctuality is based on the percentage of its flights that arrived within 14 minutes and 59 seconds of the scheduled arrival time, while airports are measured based on departure times.
According to the report, Singapore Airlines ranked third in Asia-Pacific in 2024, compared with seventh a year prior. Its on-time performance also improved from 78.57 per cent to 78.67 per cent.
Cathay went up one spot from 10th in 2023 to 9th last year, despite its on-time performance dropping from 76.32 per cent to 75.19 per cent.
Japan Airlines came out on top in the regional ranking, boasting an on-time performance of 80.90 per cent, followed by All Nippon Airways with a score of 80.62 per cent.

Among budget airlines, Hong Kong Express dropped out of the top 10 in 2024. In 2023, it ranked third with an on-time performance of 85.23 per cent.
Cirium does not provide data for airlines that do not make it into the top 10.
The Post has reached out to Cathay, Hong Kong Express and Singapore Airlines for comment.
Iberia Express, Gol Airlines and Azul Airlines were the top-performing low-cost carriers, with on-time performances of 84.69 per cent, 84.09 per cent, and 82.42 per cent, respectively.
In the global ranking, the top performers were Aeromexico, Saudia Airlines and Delta Air Lines.
Meanwhile, the best-scoring airports internationally included Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh King Khalid International Airport, Lima Jorge Chavez International Airport in Peru and Mexico City Benito Juarez International Airport.
In 2024, Hong Kong made huge strides to restore its status as an international aviation hub.




The airport’s long-awaited HK$141.5 billion (US$18 billion) three-runway system finally opened in November of that year, following years of delays.
The three-runway system has been hailed as a “game-changer”, and is expected to increase passenger capacity in stages by 50 per cent to 120 million annually.
Cathay has also said it will restore passenger flight capacity to 100 per cent of pre-pandemic levels this month.
The city’s flag carrier and Hong Kong Express are both expected to operate passenger services to more than 100 destinations around the world in 2025, a milestone for the airlines, Cathay Group has said.
Authorities have been urged to turn the city into a world-class international aviation hub – a vision spelled out in Beijing’s latest five-year national development plan.


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Cathay went up to ninth in Asia-Pacific list, despite its punctuality performance declining from 2023, report shows


Cathay went up to ninth in Asia-Pacific list, despite its punctuality performance declining from 2023, report shows.
