Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) monitor the on-time performance results of domestic airlines’ flying out of South Africa’s three major airports, Cape Town International, OR Tambo International in Johannesburg, and King Shaka International Airport in Durban.
The on-time performance of a flight is measured by comparing the off-block time (the moment when the aircraft pushes back) against the precise time that the flight was scheduled to take off. The International Airlines Transport Association’s (IATA) universal standard benchmark is used to measure the on-time performance. The standard allows for a 15 minute deviation from the scheduled time of departure as an on-time departure. That means that if the aircraft pushes back within 15 minutes of the scheduled departure time, the flight will be judged as an on-time flight.
OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg
- FlySafair – 93.80%
- SA Airlink – 88.66%
- South African Airways – 85.63%
- Fly Blue Crane – 85.12%
- Cemair – 84.20%
- British Airways South Africa – 83.11%
- Mango – 82.99%
- Kulula – 80.89%
- SA Express – 74.24%
ACSA airport target 87%
Cape Town International
- FlySafair – 95.79%
- SA Airlink – 89.33%
- Cemair – 88.34%
- South African Airways – 88.08%
- Mango – 86.64%
- British Airways South Africa – 84.90%
- SA Express – 84.80%
- Kulula – 84.16%
- Fly Blue Crane – 73.25%
ACSA airport target 90%
King Shaka International, Durban
- FlySafair – 96.70%
- South African Airways – 91.31%
- Mango – 88.80%
- SA Airlink – 88.40%
- Kulula – 83.96%
- British Airways South Africa – 81.95%
- SA Express – 81.51%
ACSA airport target 91%
Overall
- FlySafair – 95.41%
- SA Airlink – 88.79%
- South African Airways – 88.34%
- Cemair – 86.27%
- Mango – 86.14%
- British Airways Domestic – 83.32%
- Kulula – 83.00%
- SA Express – 80.18%
- Fly Blue Crane – 79.18%
FlySafair is South Africa’s most punctual airline for the second consecutive year after taking the top spot in 2015 and 2016.
