Monday, July 07, 2008

Fewer Delays in May, U.S. Says

Airline on-time performance improved in May, to 79 percent compared with 77.9 petcent in May 2007 and 77.7 percent in April of 2008, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics says in a report today.

Another indicator – mishandled (including delayed, damaged or lost) bags – also showed improvement. In May, 4.59 of 1,000 bags were mishandled, compared with 5.94 per 1,000 in May of 2007 and 4.99 in April of 2008.

So that’s good news, right? On the other hand, the system is being used less by passengers. Airline operating data for June generally show a continuing decline in the number of passengers, load factors and individual flights. More detail on that later.

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Airline On-Time Arrival Pct May 2008




Carrier On-Time Arrival Pct.
1 Hawaiian 88.89
2 Pinnacle 85.93
3 AirTran 84.69
4 Skywest 84.47
5 Delta 84.06
6 Atlantic Southeast 83.83
7 US Airways 83.62
8 Southwest 80.92
9 Alaska 80.35
10 JetBlue 79.24
11 Northwest 78.89
12 Comair 78.44
13 Mesa 76.90
14 Frontier 76.46
15 American Eagle 76.28
16 ExpressJet 76.06
17 Continental 75.39
18 United 72.42
19 American 67.28

All Airlines 79.02



Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Airline On-Time Arrival Pct Year-to-Date Jan-May 2008




Carrier On-Time Arrival Pct.
1 Hawaiian 92.24
2 US Airways 80.00
3 Alaska 77.95
4 Southwest 77.78
5 Delta 77.56
6 Frontier 76.74
7 SkyWest 76.21
8 AirTran 75.84
9 JetBlue 74.26
10 Pinnacle 74.16
11 Atlantic Southeast 73.83
12 Continental 73.00
13 Northwest 72.72
14 ExpressJet 72.17
15 Mesa 71.55
16 Comair 70.66
17 United 68.91
18 American Eagle 68.82
19 American 64.56
20 Aloha* 94.33

All Airlines 73.90



Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics
* Aloha stopped reporting on-time data after February

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