Air Canada is being looked down on for on-time flights. It seems to have continued since the pandemic, not once or twice.
The way to solve this is for the Federal Transportation Department to thoroughly discipline, until then travellers can refuse to board the airline. According to airline analytics firm, Air Canada had an on-time rate of just 51% last month, the lowest among 10 major North American airlines.
Another Canadian airline, West Jet, came in seventh with 62%, leaving both carriers at the bottom of the list. Last month, Air Canada operated a total of 36,017 passenger flights. Air Canada seemed to be in last place among nine North American airlines with only 52.5% in June. In addition, in the ‘punctuality’ survey recently conducted by the Korean government, Air Canada was the only airline to receive the lowest grade ‘D (insufficient)’ among 26 airlines.
If the on-time rate is low, the passengers using the airline are inevitably suffering. Passengers receive no compensation. An aviation expert who requested anonymity said, “Air Canada is operating its aircraft recklessly without preparing for unexpected situations. Bad weather and lack of controllers are also factors that lower the on-time flight rate.”
In comparison, Alaska Airlines of the United States, which operated 36,960 flights, ranked first with an on-time rate of 82%, followed by Delta Air Lines with 79%. The average performance of North American airlines was 66%, lower than those in Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa.