Air India is world’s third worst performing international air-carrier, guess who topped the list

The aviation insights company, FlightsStats, has gotten together a list of International air carriers with the best on-time performance records. It judges the airlines’ year round efforts to track delay and cancellation patterns for airlines across the globe.

Like every year, they compiled a list and guess what, Air India is the 3rd worst air carrier according to them.

Here are the full results, along with your likelihood of getting delayed on each carrier:

The Worst 10 International Airlines of 2016
10. Hainan Airlines - 30.3%
9. Korean Air - 31.74%
8. Air China - 32.73%
7. Hong Kong Airlines - 33.42%
6. China Eastern Airlines - 35.8%
5. Asiana Airlines - 37.46%
4. Philippine Airlines - 38.33%
3. Air India - 38.71%
2. Icelandair - 41.05%
1. El Al - 56%

The Best 10 International Airlines of 2016
10. Qantas - 15.7%
9. TAM Linhas Aéreas - 14.93%
8. Delta Air Lines - 14.83%
7. Singapore Airlines - 14.55%
6. ANA - 14.46%
5. Austrian - 14.26%
4. Qatar Airways - 13.66%
3. JAL - 12.2%
2. Iberia - 11.82%
1. KLM - 11.47%

According to the vice president of aviation and distribution at FlightStats, Jim Hetzel, compiling the list is no small feat. The only comparable resource is the monthly report (PDF) that the U.S. Department of Transportation puts out on major domestic carriers, relying uniquely on self-reported data from the biggest carriers in the United States; it doesn't factor in any of those airlines' international flights.

"We stitch data together from 500 different sources,” Hetzel told Bloomberg.

Among those sources are flight-tracking and positional services, airport runway times, radar services, airline records, airport data, and such governing bodies as Eurocontrol and the Federal Aviation Administration.

"All of these pieces come in different formats, all with different elements of value, and a lot of times the sources don't agree,” said Hetzel.

"We've built the technology and logic to sort that out and validate information across multiple sources. It's a pretty interesting process,” headded.

Regarding to the result of this year Hetzel said that they’ve been the best till date.

"I'm seeing a big improvement in overall performance across the board as the industry becomes more and more competitive. It's a huge win for travelers,” he said.