Press Release

OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited, a company located in the U.K., presented JAL with an award this month at its Tokyo Headquarters for placing first in on-time performance in the mega airlines category of its annual Punctuality League.

OAG is the leading global provider of digital flight information and provides accurate, timely and actionable information across the travel ecosystem.

Launched in 2014, the OAG awards are now in their fourth year since being established. The mega airline category, introduced this year and awarded to JAL, is for the World’s Top 20 largest airlines.

Mega Airline Category

Category for the world’s Top 20 Carriers with the most scheduled flights operated in 2017. OAG defines punctual flights to be those that arrive within 15 minutes of the scheduled time. JAL was ranked No. 1 in the mega airline category with a punctuality ratio of 85.27% in 2017.

               OAG Marketing Director              JAL Executive Officer        OAG JAPAC Regional Sales Director                                     Caroline Mather                              Yasuyuki Sato                              Mayur Patel

The company believes that this accomplishment is based on the cooperation from customers to board flights in a timely manner along with proactive measures made by the JAL Group to achieve on-time flight operations.

Under the premise of maintaining safe operations, the JAL Group will continue to provide punctual flights that many Japanese transportation companies take pride in.

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