Summary The aviation analytics company Cirium has released its July on-time performance (OTP) report. The month was infamous for the global IT outage, which affected airlines across the globe. However, certain regions, including North America and Europe, had far more cancelations than the Middle East & Africa, for example.
The latest on-time performance (OTP) report from the aviation analytics company Cirium has shown how the global IT outage affected operations in July. North America and Europe affected the most Cirium outlined five regions where it tracked airlines’ OTP, namely the Middle East & Africa, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, North America , and Europe. Despite the global IT outage , which happened on July 19, when CrowdStrike shipped a faulty update to Microsoft Windows computers, resulting in the infamous blue screen of death (BSOD), some regions actually had fewer canceled flights during the month.
Examples include the Middle East & Africa and Latin America, while North America has been disproportionately affected by the issue, the data showed. Region Total cancelations in June 2024 Total cancelations in July 2024 Change Middle East & Africa 2,000 1,849 -7.5% Asia-Pacific 26,951 26,990 0.
14% Latin America 4,235 3,222 -23.9% North America 11,806 23,393 98.1% Europe 8,145 10,976 34.
7% Cirium pointed out that over 5,000 flights were canceled globally between July 19 and July 21. Airlines that heavily relied on Microsoft’s software “bore the brunt of the chaos,�.