Here are the government's rankings of the leading airlines and their on-time performance for May. The federal government counts a flight as on time if it arrives within 14 minutes of schedule.
1. Hawaiian Airlines, 90.9 per cent
2. Alaska Airlines, 88.0 per cent
3. Delta Air Lines, 87.2 per cent
4. US Airways, 84.5 per cent
5. JetBlue Airways, 84.3 per cent
6. SkyWest, 82.1 per cent
7. Southwest Airlines, 78.6 per cent
8. American Airlines, 78.3 per cent
9. ExpressJet, 77.6 per cent
10. Envoy Air, 77.1 per cent
11. United Airlines, 76.6 per cent
12. Virgin America, 76.0 per cent
13. Frontier Airlines, 73.1 per cent
14. Spirit Airlines, 61.2 per cent
Total for all reporting airlines: 80.5 per cent
Source: U.S. Department of Transportation
The department also reported American and US Airways together as 80.9 per cent. Both airlines and Envoy Air are owned by American Airlines Group Inc. The report does not cover smaller airlines including Allegiant Air and many regional carriers.
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