Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Hawaiian Airlines Takes Pride on their On-Time Flights

Hawaiian Airlines is an airline to beat in terms of its on-time flight arrivals. Scoring at an all-time high of 90.82 percent, Hawaiian Airlines garnered the top spot once again as United States' most on-time airline company from the 19 airline companies surveyed from a report made by U.S. Department of Transportation. The Business Review Albany also indicated that most airlines improved in their "on-time arrival rates" from 65.3 in December, 72.4 in January last year and presently it is now pegged at 77 percent.

Hawaiian Airlines

Next to Hawaiian Airlines was Southwest Airline with 83.3, while a Delta Airline-managed Comair ranked last. Here's the complete list taken from Business Review Albany:

Airline On-Time Arrival Rate Percentages for January 2009:

1. Hawaiian - 90.82%

2. Southwest - 83.30%

3. ExpressJet - 79.80%

4. United - 79.04%

5. Pinnacle - 77.93%

6. Delta - 77.56%

7. Continental - 77.43%

8. AirTran - 77.39%

9. US Airways - 77.34%

10. Northwest - 76.40%

11. Frontier - 76.32%

12. SkyWest - 76.30%

13. American - 75.47%

14. Mesa - 75.45%

15. JetBlue - 74.92%

16. American Eagle - 72.04%

17. Alaska - 71.51%

18. Atlantic Southwest 68.30%

19. Comair - 56.75%


Now, you now know where to go when you want get on time to your next flight destination! Earlier this week, Hawaiian Airlines also gathered karma points when it arrived at a temporary compromise with labor contract among its employees.