Here are the government’s rankings of the leading airlines and their on-time performance for July. The federal government counts a flight as on time if it arrives within 14 minutes of schedule.
1. Alaska Airlines, 89.4 percent
2. Hawaiian Airlines, 88.8 percent
3. SkyWest, 82.9 percent
4. Delta Air Lines, 81.6 percent
5. United Airlines, 76.6 percent
6. Virgin America, 75.4 percent
7. Spirit Airlines, 72.8 percent
8. ExpressJet, 70.9 percent
9. Southwest Airlines, 70.8 percent
10. American Airlines, 70.7 percent
11. JetBlue Airways, 67.8 percent
12. Frontier Airlines, 63.3 percent
Total for all reporting airlines: 75.2 percent
(AP)