author | title | date | image | authorImage | tags |
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Trevor Lane |
Morning Routine |
03/16/2025 |
morning, routine |
On-time performance is crucial in commercial aviation. No matter how good any other part of an airline might be, the airline lives or dies by on-time performance. The primary metric used to measure on-time performance in airline operations is D0. "D", meaning the scheduled departure time and "0", meaning the number of minutes after the scheduled departure time it took the plane to leave. Thus, D0 means leaving no later than the scheduled departure time.