Here are the government's rankings of the leading U.S. airlines and their on-time performance for October. The federal government counts a flight as on time if it arrives no more than 14 minutes behind schedule.
1. Hawaiian Airlines, 89.5 per cent
2. Delta Air Lines 89.4 per cent
3. Spirit Airlines, 87.1 per cent
4. Alaska Airlines, 86.0 per cent
5. United Airlines, 86.0 per cent
6. American Airlines, 85.1 per cent
7. Southwest Airlines, 84.6 per cent
8. Frontier Airlines, 82.1 per cent
9. SkyWest Airlines, 81.7 per cent
10. ExpressJet, 80.6 per cent
11. JetBlue Airways, 79.6 per cent
12. Virgin America, 73.3 per cent
Total for all covered airlines: 84.8 per cent
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Source: U.S. Department of Transportation
The report does not cover smaller airlines including Allegiant Air and some regional carriers.
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