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BABritish AirwaysagainstEIAer Lingus

Aer Lingus scores 1.1 points higher on the Touchdown Quality Index. Ratings are passenger reports and the two carriers fly different routes and aircraft, so the gap describes the ratings, not the pilots.

Overall

MeasureBritish AirwaysAer Lingus
Landing rating73.378 ratings74.447 ratings
Mean stars3.653.71
Smooth share47%40%
Rough share5%4%
Applause reported14%3%
Turbulence reported16%12%

Smooth 37 (47%) · Firm 37 (47%) · Rough 4 (5%)

Smooth 19 (40%) · Firm 26 (55%) · Rough 2 (4%)

By distance

DistanceBritish AirwaysAer Lingus
Short haul (under 1,500 km)72.318 ratingsprovisional74.830 ratings
Long haul (over 4,000 km)74.060 ratings74.217 ratingsprovisional

Comparing within a distance band removes most of the mix difference between a short-haul and a long-haul network.

Routes both fly

No route has a rating for both carriers yet.

Route means from a few ratings move a lot. Read them with the rating counts beside them.

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