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BABritish AirwaysagainstTRScoot

British Airways scores 1.4 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 AirwaysScoot
Landing rating73.378 ratings71.949 ratings
Mean stars3.653.56
Smooth share47%45%
Rough share5%8%
Applause reported14%11%
Turbulence reported16%24%

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

Smooth 22 (45%) · Firm 23 (47%) · Rough 4 (8%)

By distance

DistanceBritish AirwaysScoot
Short haul (under 1,500 km)72.318 ratingsprovisional71.233 ratings
Medium haul (1,500 to 4,000 km)No ratings73.613 ratingsprovisional
Long haul (over 4,000 km)74.060 ratingsn/a3 of 10 ratings

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

Routes both fly

RouteBritish Airways mean starsScoot mean stars
SIN-SYD Singapore to Sydney3.5 Firm 1 rating4.5 Smooth 2 ratings

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

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