JetBlue had the worst on-time arrival rating of all big U.S. carriers. That’s according to numbers released Wednesday by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics for flights in November, the latest month for which statistics are available. During the month, 74.6% of JetBlue’s flights arrived on time. Northwest had the second-worst rating at 74.9% while Alaska Airlines was next at 75.4%. While JetBlue may have had the lowest on-time rating in November, the carrier had a nearly perfect record for canceled flights, according to the latest numbers from the federal Bureau of Transportation Statistics. The New York-based low-cost carrier canceled just two flights (0%) for the entire month -– perhaps helping to explain the airline’s low on-time rating. JetBlue has said in the past that it would rather hold flights late on the ground as opposed to canceling them altogether. Continental and Frontier had the second- and third-best cancellation rates, each canceling just about 0.1% of the flights in November. SOURCE: USATODAY
On the flip side of the on-time rankings, Hawaiian Airlines had the best mark with 95.2% of its flights landing on schedule. Hawaiian has finished atop that category every month since November 2003, when the airline began voluntarily reporting its performance numbers. Frontier had the second-best on-time rating (85.3%) while America West (now merged with US Airways) was No. 3 (85.2%). SOURCE: USATODAY
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