The world's most punctual airlines in 2022 were

This week we've seen air passengers stranded in the Philippines after a power outage, flight delays in Florida and Denver, as well as the ongoing saga of Southwest Airlines' winter holiday meltdown. Welcome to 2023, where an airline actually being punctual is headline news. The airline in question is South American carrier Azul Brazilian Airlines, which last year had the best on-time performance globally, according to a new report by aviation analytics firm Cirium. During what was a particularly chaotic 12 months for aviation, Azul Brazilian operated nearly 280,000 flights last year and 88.93% of them arrived within 15 minutes of its scheduled time at the gate -- Cirium's performance measure. Elsewhere in South America, Chile's LATAM Airlines (86.31% punctuality across more than 450,000 flights) took fourth place on Cirium's ranking of international airlines and Colombia's Avianca (83.48% and nearly 145,000 flights) was sixth. The United States was also well represented, both for airlines and airports. For the second year in a row, Delta Airlines was given the Cirium Platinum Award for global operational excellence, which weighs up punctuality alongside operational complexity and an airline's ability to limit the impact of flight disruption to its passengers. Story has more.<br/>