(AP) The federal government counts a flight as on-time if it arrives within 14 minutes of schedule.
(AP) The federal government counts a flight as on-time if it arrives within 14 minutes of schedule.
Here are the government’s rankings of the 14 leading airlines and their on-time performance in April:
1. Hawaiian Airlines, 94.0 percent
2. Alaska Airlines, 90.3 percent
3. Virgin America, 86.5 percent
4. Delta Air Lines, 85.2 percent
5. AirTran Airways, 84.6 percent*
6. US Airways, 83.3 percent**
7. American Airlines, 82.3 percent**
8. United Airlines, 81.8 percent
9. SkyWest, 80.9 percent
10. Frontier Airlines, 79.7 percent
11. JetBlue Airways, 77.4 percent
12. Envoy, 75.2 percent***
13. Southwest Airlines, 74.2 percent*
14. ExpressJet, 74.2 percent
Total for all reporting airlines: 79.6 percent
* owned by Southwest Airlines Co.
** owned by American Airlines Group Inc.
*** formerly American Eagle
Source: U.S. Department of Transportation