WestJet improves on-time performance in April, leaping to second best in North America

WestJet Airlines saw a "remarkable" improvement in its on-time performance in April, according to aviation analytics firm Cirium, ranking the airline second among North America carriers. Cirium's on-time performance report for April said WestJet's "remarkable 18-point improvement" propelled the airline from tenth place in March to second place this month among North American airlines. In March, 64.2% of WestJet flights landed on time, meaning those flights landed within 15 minutes of the scheduled arrival time. Last month, the Calgary-based airline saw 82.7% of its more than 15,000 flights arrive on time. That was enough to make it the ninth best carrier in the world for on-time performance, and put it in second in North America, behind only Delta Air Lines. Air Canada was behind WestJet with a ninth place ranking among North America carriers, as 75.2% of the nearly 31,000 flights it flew in April landing on time. It was ahead of only Frontier Airlines, which had 71.5% of its more than 18,000 flights flown land on time.<br/>