Alaska Airlines has topped the rankings for the best on-time rating for U.S. carriers in July, narrowly beating Hawaiian Airlines. Some 89.4% of Alaska flights arrived within 14 minute of schedule, while only 63.3% of flights on Frontier were on time, which ranked 12th.
July was highest monthly number of long delays in more than a year, according to statistics from the US Department of Transportation. Some 75.2% of flights on the 12 largest U.S. airlines were on-time during July, which is down from 78% in June and 78.1% in July 2015.
The transportation department said it received 1,963 complaints including 1,357 about U.S. airlines. The overall complaint rate fell 9 percent, complaints against U.S. airlines dropped 20 percent, and complaints about foreign airlines rose 19 percent compared with a year earlier.
Rank Airline Rating (%)
1 Alaska Airlines 89.4
2 Hawaiian Airlines 88.8
3 SkyWest 82.9
4 Delta Air Lines 81.6
5 United Airlines 76.6
6 Virgin America 75.4
7 Spirit Airlines 72.8
8 ExpressJet 70.9
9 Southwest Airlines 70.8
10 American Airlines 70.7
11 JetBlue Airways 67.8
12 Frontier Airlines 63.3
Source: U.S. Department of Transportation
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