There is nothing as annoying as a delayed or cancelled flight. It ruins your mood and the whole day. The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has released a list based on complaints received from January to March 2023 on airlines likely to cancel or delay.
Are you flying by air in Nigeria and wondering what’s the best airline for you? Which airline keeps to time and which is likely to delay?
There is nothing as annoying as a delayed or cancelled flight. It ruins your mood and the whole day. The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has released a list based on complaints received from January to March 2023 on airlines likely to cancel or delay.
Here’s what they found out:
Worst airlines
1. Overland: They delayed a whopping 84% of their flights. They had a total of 719 flights, delayed 605, and cancelled 15.
2. United Airlines: This airline has the second-most delays. 73% of their 1243 flights were delayed; that’s 910 flights. Only three flights were cancelled.
3. Dana Air: This airline delayed 67% of their flights. They flew 711 times, delayed 474 flights, and cancelled three.
4. Max Air: Max Air has 1564 flights and has delayed 1013, i.e., 65% of their flights. They cancelled a whopping 56 flights.
5. Aerocontractors: They had a total of 1123 flights. 56% (624) of their flights were delayed, and 40 flights were cancelled. A large proportion of their flights were cancelled—40 flights were cancelled.
6. Airpeace: Airpeace has the most flights (6521), the most delays, and the most cancellations of the other airlines. They delayed 3574 flights. That’s 58% of the time. They cancelled 63 flights.
7. Azman Air: They carried the crown for the most flights delayed with United Airlines. They flew 529 times, delayed 385 flights and cancelled three.
Best Domestic Airlines
1. Ibom Air: A personal favourite of mine and the best domestic airline. Ibom Air only had 32% delays. They flew 2312 flights, delayed 746 flights, and cancelled six.
2. Green Africa: This airline sticks to time; it has only had 375 delays. It flew 1182 flights, delayed 443 flights, and cancelled 16.
3. Value Jet: This airline had only 32% of its flights delayed. It flew 766 times, was delayed 248 times, and cancelled 15 flights.
