OAG: in October, Ural Airlines completed 52.5 percent of all flights on time 
In October, Ural Airlines one of the most unpunctual airlines in the world. This became known from a study by the British aviation statistics agency OAG, writes Kommersant.
It is noted that in October, the Russian airline was able to complete 52.5 percent of all flights on time – the carrier delayed every second flight by more than 15 minutes. airplane. At the same time, earlier the company's statistics were even worse – in September only 28 percent of flights were sent on schedule, in August – 25 percent, in July – 32.5 percent of flights, in June – 32 percent, in May – 50 percent.
Other carriers showed the following results: the regularity of Aeroflot's flights in October was 91 percent, Pobeda – 86 percent, Rossiya – almost 82 percent, S7 – 83 percent, Utair – 80 percent, Smartavia – 90 percent , Red Wings – 91 percent. However, Azur Air sharply deteriorated its performance, completing less than half of its flights on time. It was noted that this was due to the reorientation of the flight program to Egyptian resorts, where airports could not cope with service in the fall.
As Sergei Skuratov, CEO of Ural Airlines, reported earlier, the press did not present the delays that are recorded Rosaviatsiya. Thus, the head of the airline explained the reasons for the summer massive disruptions by the delays of Airbus in the delivery of four aircraft, as well as systemic failures at airports due to a shortage of employees.
Earlier in June, it became known that Russian airlines began to delay their flights. It was clarified that most of all in the first three weeks of the first summer month, flights of Ural Airlines were delayed – out of 4.6 thousand departures, about 46 percent were late by more than 15 minutes.