23rd Jun 2005 12:00
Ryanair Holdings PLC23 June 2005 RYANAIR'S ON-TIME PERFORMANCE BEATS THE BEST OF THE U.S. Ryanair, Europe's No. 1 low fares airline, today (Thursday, 23rd June 2005)celebrated beating the best of the U.S. airlines for punctuality in April 2005.Not only is Ryanair the No. 1 on-time performance leader of all the majorEuropean Airlines each month, but also, based on a comparison with the latestpunctuality statistics issued by the U.S. Department of Transport, Ryanairemerges as No. 1 for punctuality ahead of the major US airlines for April 2005. Speaking this afternoon, Ryanair's Head of Communications, Peter Sherrard said: "When it comes to punctuality, Ryanair leaves the best of the U.S. behind. We have out-preformed all the major U.S airlines in 2003 & 2004 and this trend is continuing into 2005, with average overall punctuality for U.S. airlines in April at 83.4% compared to Ryanair's 94% of flights on time*. Not only is Ryanair the No. 1 airline for low fares and punctuality in Europe, we are also unbeatable for on-time performance, even when compared to the major U.S. airlines. "Our 35 million passengers this year know that Ryanair delivers the lowest fares coupled with the best customer service and on-time performance". Ryanair & U.S. Department of Transport published statistics - April 2005* 1. Ryanair 94.02. Southwest 86.73. America West Airlines 85.24. United Airlines 84.85. American Airlines 84.46. Northwest Airlines 83.77. Delta Airlines 82.68. American Eagle 82.19. Continental 80.410. US Airways 80.011. Jetblue 77.012. Alaska Airlines 77.0Overall US 83.4 * % Arrivals within 15minutes of scheduled time of arrival Ends. Thursday, 23rd June 2005 For further information: Peter Sherrard - Ryanair Pauline McAlester - Murray ConsultantsTel: 00 353 1 812 1228 Tel: 00 353 1 4980 300 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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