PAL is Most Punctual Airline in Asia Pacific Region

Philippine Airlines (PAL) clinched the top spot as the most punctual airline in the Asia-Pacific region for April 2025, with an 86.07% On-Time Performance (OTP) rating.

The Philippine flag carrier bagged the first-place ranking in April after a series of high OTP results in previous months. PAL was the second most punctual airline in January 2025 and October 2024, and ranked third place in March 2025 as well as in November and December 2024.

This is according to London-based Cirium, a leading aviation analytics company that has been tracking the on-time performance of airlines and airports around the world for more than 16 years to produce punctuality reporting for global aviation.

For on-time performance, Cirium tracks a flight as being on-time if the aircraft arrives at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled arrival time. The arrival data is a standard reliability metric reflecting the desire of travelers to reach their destinations on time and the need for airlines to comply with assigned airport slot times.

“We remain steadfast in our commitment to continue enhancing reliability across all aspects of our business, with safety as the cornerstone of our operations,” said PAL Senior Vice President – Operations Capt Roland A Narciso. “We sincerely appreciate the recognition for the consolidated efforts of our flight and ground teams, employees, service partners and industry stakeholders in achieving this on-time performance milestone,” he added.

In April 2025, PAL operated over 9,900 flights carrying 1.3 million passengers, with April 22 posting 337 flights, a record-high frequency count in a single-day since the 2020 pandemic.

PAL’s 86.07% On-time Performance was five percentage points higher than the average OTP of 81.01% logged by the top ten Asia-Pacific airlines in April, and several points higher than all North American airlines in the same Cirium punctuality report.

PAL also clinched the #1 Most Punctual Airline spot in January 2024 with an on-time performance of 86.85%. The Philippine flag carrier placed 7th in the Top Ten over-all OTP standings that same year, having been ranked 8th place in 2023.

PAL’s leading performance came at a time of “improvement in the operational landscape”, according to Cirium, coinciding “with a significant 24% global reduction in flight cancellations.”​