Since 2019, the most reliable of the top-13 global carriers in each month, has rarely been the most reliable carrier in more than 30% of the trade lanes, that they offered a product in. For context, we benchmark schedule reliability across 34 trade lanes in our GLP report. How is it then possible for a carrier to be the most reliable overall, when they are not the most reliable in two-thirds of the trades they offer? The answer lies in consistency – these carriers were consistently in top-5 of most reliable global carriers in 50%-80% of the trade lanes. Essentially, if they weren’t 1st, they were 2nd or 3rd, and more often than not, no lower than the 5th most reliable on a given trade lane. (....)