The Department of Transportation said yesterday that 84.5% of flights on the largest 12 U.S. airlines arrived on time during April, better than the previous month and up from 81.8% in April 2015.
Hawaiian Airlines and Delta Air Lines were the best at staying on schedule, while Spirit Airlines was last, arriving late more than one-fourth of the time.
Consumer complaints about U.S. airlines fell 20 percent to 870 from 1,083 in April 2015.