According to the Association of European Airlines 2005 Consumer Report KL figures for 2005 were as follows:

Short Haul

On time arrivals : 83.5%. Rank: 5th (out of 27 airlines)
On time departures :78.7%. Rank: 18th.
Regularity: 98.2%. Rank. 20th. (18 out of every 1,000 flights canceled).

Long Haul

On time arrivals : 80.7%. Rank: 2nd (out of 21 airlines)
On time departures :75.3%. Rank: 6th.
Regularity: 99.4%. Rank. 9th. (6 out of every 1,000 flights canceled).

The fact that arrival punctuality is substantially better than departure punctuality, surely indicates that KL's schedules are well padded. Will be interesting to see how the figures will change when they start flying faster at the end of this month.

Best performer by far : AY. Worst : OA.

Johan