Here are the government’s rankings of the leading U.S. airlines and their on-time performance for March. The federal government counts a flight as on time if it arrives no more than 14 minutes behind the scheduled time.
1. Delta Air Lines, 86.9 percent
2. Hawaiian Airlines, 84.7 percent
3. United Airlines, 81.0 percent
4. American Airlines, 80.2 percent
5. Alaska Airlines, 79.8 percent
6. Southwest Airlines, 79.6 percent
7. Frontier Airlines, 79.3 percent
8. SkyWest, 78.5 percent
9. ExpressJet, 75.8 percent
10. Spirit Airlines, 75.0 percent
11. JetBlue Airways, 70.8 percent
12. Virgin America, 65.5 percent
Total for all covered airlines: 79.9 percent
(AP)