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U.S. Carrier On-Time Rate Improves, But Some Airports Still Lagging
Aviation Daily Sep 10 , 2009 , p. 09
Andrew Compart
The on-time arrival rate for U.S. airlines improved to 77.6% in July for
domestic flights, better than June’s 76.1% rate and last July’s 75.7%
figure, the U.S. Transportation Dept. reported Tuesday.
But travelers to certain airports faced more uncertainty about their
arrival times.
Alaska ranked highest among the major U.S. carriers, and second among
all carriers, at 87.2%. That continues a big turnaround for Alaska,
which ranked 17th among all carriers for the fourth quarter of 2008 and
the first quarter of 2009, but which has since consistently risen to the
top tier.
Southwest ranked second among the major carriers in July at 80.7%, and
US Airways third at 80.6%.
The bottom three among the majors were JetBlue at 73.1%, American at
72.2% and AirTran at 69.8%.
New York-area airports continued to have congestion problems, with
on-time arrival rates of 67.5% for Newark, 68.1% for New York Kennedy
and 66.3% for LaGuardia. Other airports below 70% were Boston at 68.2% and Miami at 69.8%.
Aviation Daily Sep 10 , 2009 , p. 09
Andrew Compart
The on-time arrival rate for U.S. airlines improved to 77.6% in July for
domestic flights, better than June’s 76.1% rate and last July’s 75.7%
figure, the U.S. Transportation Dept. reported Tuesday.
But travelers to certain airports faced more uncertainty about their
arrival times.
Alaska ranked highest among the major U.S. carriers, and second among
all carriers, at 87.2%. That continues a big turnaround for Alaska,
which ranked 17th among all carriers for the fourth quarter of 2008 and
the first quarter of 2009, but which has since consistently risen to the
top tier.
Southwest ranked second among the major carriers in July at 80.7%, and
US Airways third at 80.6%.
The bottom three among the majors were JetBlue at 73.1%, American at
72.2% and AirTran at 69.8%.
New York-area airports continued to have congestion problems, with
on-time arrival rates of 67.5% for Newark, 68.1% for New York Kennedy
and 66.3% for LaGuardia. Other airports below 70% were Boston at 68.2% and Miami at 69.8%.