lowecur
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Looking at the numbers, I guess it's no secret that JBLU is the favored airline at JFK. From USA Today:
JetBlue Airways' much-chronicled Valentine's Day massacre at New York/Kennedy Airport continues to obscure an operational reality: At the brutally overscheduled airline, JetBlue is best of an admittedly dull class. Overall, only 52.8% of flights at JFK arrived on-time in June. But JFK-based JetBlue delivered a 59.2% performance. American's international hub and domestic feeder operations were notably worse. Just 45.7% of American flights arrived on-time at JFK and American Eagle (58.5 percent) wasn't too much better. And then there is Delta Air Lines, which has launched dozens of international flights and hundreds of domestic feeder services at JFK since late 2005. The aircraft operated by Delta at JFK managed an on-time performance of just 38.5% in June while its two commuter carriers (Comair at 47.8% and Mesa at 48.6%) were almost as bad.
Match that with other hubs in June:
In an endless stream of bad news about airline hubs, only Delta's relatively uncrowded Salt Lake City connecting facility continues to operate at anything like acceptable levels. Almost 79% of June flights at SLC arrived on-time. Compare that to other major hubs: Atlanta (67.9 percent); Charlotte (62.4 percent); Chicago/O'Hare (64.9 percent); Detroit/Metro (69.2 percent); Miami (61.8 percent); Newark (52.2 percent); Philadelphia (58.6 percent); and Washington/Dulles (63.8 percent). Phoenix (75 percent) did well, too, but given the general disarray throughout the US Airways network, I'm reluctant to suggest that anyone fly them anywhere.
DFW:
American's notable decline in systemwide reliability in recent months continued in June. But American officials are quick to blame those aforementioned North Texas storms, which created havoc at its Dallas/Fort Worth hub. Plausible as that one-month excuse may sound, the numbers may not support it. Why? Just 12 miles away at Dallas/Love Field, where Southwest Airlines is king, the weather apparently wasn't as much of an obstacle. Because of the way the DOT reports the numbers, exact comparisons are difficult. But consider: American ran at 57.5% on-time at DFW and American Eagle was at 53.1%. At Love, however, the airport managed a 66.4% on-time rating—and virtually all of the flights there are operated by Southwest. DOT does not break out cancellations by airport, but American Eagle cancelled 5.9% of its systemwide flights in June while American cancelled 3.7% of its flights. But Southwest cancelled just 0.4% of its June flights. If the weather was such a distracting factor in Dallas, why were American/American Eagle's cancellations so large and Southwest's so small?
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JetBlue Airways' much-chronicled Valentine's Day massacre at New York/Kennedy Airport continues to obscure an operational reality: At the brutally overscheduled airline, JetBlue is best of an admittedly dull class. Overall, only 52.8% of flights at JFK arrived on-time in June. But JFK-based JetBlue delivered a 59.2% performance. American's international hub and domestic feeder operations were notably worse. Just 45.7% of American flights arrived on-time at JFK and American Eagle (58.5 percent) wasn't too much better. And then there is Delta Air Lines, which has launched dozens of international flights and hundreds of domestic feeder services at JFK since late 2005. The aircraft operated by Delta at JFK managed an on-time performance of just 38.5% in June while its two commuter carriers (Comair at 47.8% and Mesa at 48.6%) were almost as bad.
Match that with other hubs in June:
In an endless stream of bad news about airline hubs, only Delta's relatively uncrowded Salt Lake City connecting facility continues to operate at anything like acceptable levels. Almost 79% of June flights at SLC arrived on-time. Compare that to other major hubs: Atlanta (67.9 percent); Charlotte (62.4 percent); Chicago/O'Hare (64.9 percent); Detroit/Metro (69.2 percent); Miami (61.8 percent); Newark (52.2 percent); Philadelphia (58.6 percent); and Washington/Dulles (63.8 percent). Phoenix (75 percent) did well, too, but given the general disarray throughout the US Airways network, I'm reluctant to suggest that anyone fly them anywhere.
DFW:
American's notable decline in systemwide reliability in recent months continued in June. But American officials are quick to blame those aforementioned North Texas storms, which created havoc at its Dallas/Fort Worth hub. Plausible as that one-month excuse may sound, the numbers may not support it. Why? Just 12 miles away at Dallas/Love Field, where Southwest Airlines is king, the weather apparently wasn't as much of an obstacle. Because of the way the DOT reports the numbers, exact comparisons are difficult. But consider: American ran at 57.5% on-time at DFW and American Eagle was at 53.1%. At Love, however, the airport managed a 66.4% on-time rating—and virtually all of the flights there are operated by Southwest. DOT does not break out cancellations by airport, but American Eagle cancelled 5.9% of its systemwide flights in June while American cancelled 3.7% of its flights. But Southwest cancelled just 0.4% of its June flights. If the weather was such a distracting factor in Dallas, why were American/American Eagle's cancellations so large and Southwest's so small?
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