WV AIRPORTS GET ‘ONE STAR’ OTP RATINGS

BY BOY RYAN B. ZABAL

            Three regional airports in Western Visayas earned ‘One Star’ ratings based on the latest On-Time Performance (OTP) Stars Ratings Programme.  

            OTP is an ongoing accreditation programme of  Official Aviation’s Guide (OAG) which awards all airlines and airports a star rating twice yearly based on 12 months' rolling performance.

            The OAG Star Ratings range from one to five stars with the top 10 percent airports with the best on-time performance receive five stars. The awards are then distributed, across all airports with the poorest performers receiving one star.

            On-time is defined as departures and arrivals that take place strictly less than 15 minutes after scheduled departure/arrival time. Airlines and airports must have a minimum of 600 operations per month.

            Regional airports in the list with “One Star” ratings were Iloilo, Bacolod, Davao, Tacloban, Cagayan de Oro,  Kalibo, Puerto Princesa and the Manila Ninoy Aquino International Airport.

            In Western Visayas,  Iloilo International Airport had 15,624 operations for 67.5 OTP rating, Bacolod Airport with 13,113 for 64,1 and Kalibo International Airport with 17,698   for  57.2 OTP rating.

            The latest OTP ratings for the world’s airports and airlines were measured from October 2016 to September 2017.  OTP program uses the most reliable, comprehensive flight status database in the world. The star ratings are awarded twice a year – April and October.

            The top three airports with OTP ‘Five Star’ ratings are Tokushima, Japan in North East Asia with annual OTP of 92.8 and Kochi, Japan (91.5) and Hilo, USA in North America (91.3)

Philippine Airlines garnered one star (61.9), with Air Asia Zest (61.1) and Cebu Pacific (55.9) for the airlines category.

            OAG's annual Punctuality League is available only for the largest airlines (Top 200 based on ASKs, 30,000+ scheduled flights) and airports (min 2.5 million departed seats) - a ranking based on performance in a single calendar year rather than an ongoing accreditation.

            OAG is the leading global provider of digital flight information. It provides accurate, timely and actionable information and applications across the travel sector to the world’s airlines, airports, government agencies, aircraft manufacturers, consultancies and travel related companies./MP