Mumbai: Most flyers, especially those travelling frequently, often find that early morning flights almost always depart on time. Now, that is corroborated by data of domestic flights from Mumbai airport. Statistics for April showed that flights which left before 9am had the best on-time record while those in the evening and night were the worst.
Statistics of airlines' on-time performances released by Mumbai International Airport Pvt Ltd (MIAL) clearly indicated that flights departing or arriving prior to 9am were the least delayed.
Of the 1,995 total departures from Mumbai airport between 3am and 9am in April, only 85, that is 4% of flights were delayed (behind schedule by more than 15 minutes). In this category, 9% each of Air India and SpiceJet departures were delayed. Air India, which operates almost double the number of flights compared to SpiceJet, had the largest delays in terms of numbers, with 39 out of its 420 departures delayed. Only three of Go Air's 210 departures in that time were delayed. For arrivals in that timeframe, SpiceJet had 27% and Air India had 25% delays respectively, while Go Air had only 1% delayed arrivals.
13/05/13 Times of India
