JEDDAH: Saudi airline Saudia ranked second globally in on-time arrival performance for 2025, according to independent aviation analytics provider Cirium.
The Kingdom’s national flag carrier posted an on-time arrival rate of 86.53 percent across 202,864 flights operated throughout its network, which covers more than 100 destinations across four continents, just behind Mexico’s Aeromexico, which led the ranking with 90.02 percent punctuality on 188,859 flights.
Scandinavian Airlines, the flag carrier of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, was placed third with Brazil’s Azul coming fourth, recording 86.09 percent and 85.18 percent on-time arrivals, respectively.
The ranking is testament to the strength of the Kingdom’s national tourism strategy, which aims to attract 150 million visitors by 2030 and increase the sector’s contribution to the nation’s gross domestic product from 6 percent to 10 percent.
Ibrahim Al-Omar, director general of Saudia Group, said: “This achievement reflects the collective efforts of our teams across planning, operations, and flight management.”
