Delta has best on-time performance among NA carriers, Air Canada ranks last: Cirium

Airline analytics company Cirium has released its on-time performance results for airlines and airports for 2023, naming Delta as the timeliest North American large airline of last year. 

The report, released Tuesday (Jan. 2), uses the DOT definition for on time – flights that arrive within 15 minutes of schedule.

Delta Air Lines topped the list of North American carriers, with 85 per cent of its more than 1.6 million flights flown landing on time.

In the same North American category, Alaska and American Airlines took the second and third spots, following by United Airlines in fourth place.

Air Canada had the worst on-time performance among the largest airlines in North America last year, Cirium says, with just 63 per cent of more than 376,000 flights arriving on time.

Canada’s flag carrier ranked last behind JetBlue Airways (which had a 68 per cent on-time arrival rate) and Frontier Airlines (69 per cent).

WestJet, meanwhile, ranked seventh, with 69 per…