Originally Posted by Pivotman

https://www.businessinsider.com/us-a...-airlines-3The

10 major US airlines were ranked by how many delays they had in 2019 — see the full list



10. Frontier Airlines



Ultra-low-cost carrier Frontier Airlines ranked last on the on-time list for 2019, with an average on-time percentage of 73.1. The carrier operates a mixed hub-and-spoke and point-to-point route network, with the former centered around Frontier's main hub in Denver, Colorado.

9. JetBlue Airways


Although 2019 saw JetBlue take delivery of a new aircraft type and announce a historic expansion to Europe for 2021, its on-time percentage for the year was the second-lowest out of the top ten major carriers. The New York-based low-cost carrier only averaged 73.5% on-time arrivals for the year.


8. United Airlines


The nation's third-largest carrier failed to surpass any of its legacy carrier competitors in terms of on-time arrivals, earning a percentage of 75.2 for 2019. The carrier, however, just enacted a new program called connection saver that would hold flights for connecting passengers if the flights were in jeopardy of leaving without them, potentially delaying flights.

United was one of the carriers affected by the grounding of the Boeing 737 Max as the carrier operated the Max 9 variant.

7. American Airlines



American Airlines narrowly beat its competitor United by 2.2 percentage points earning an on-time arrival average of 77.4%. American has historically struggled with flight delays during the peak summer season.

The world's largest airline also faced a dispute with aircraft mechanics and was affected by the grounding of the Boeing 737 Max.

6. Allegiant Air


Allegiant Air managed to do better than its ultra-low-cost competitor Frontier Airlines, earning an on-time arrival rate of 78.7% for the year. The Las Vegas-based carrier recently retired its fleet of aging aircraft including the McDonnell Douglas MD-80 series of aircraft and Boeing 757-200 in favor of a newer all-Airbus fleet.

5. Spirit Airlines


Spirit Airlines ranked the highest out of any low-cost carrier in the US, coming in with a 79.5% on-time arrival rate and fourth overall for the year. The carrier as been endeavoring to become more reliable since 2016, according to Skift, and was the most on-time carrier in the US for a brief period in October 2018.

Spirit, however, failed to beat its 2018 percentage of 81.1%, according to data from the Department of Transportation.

4. Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines earned the title of the highest-ranking low-cost carrier on this list with an on-time arrival percentage of 80.2%. The Dallas-based carrier prides itself on quick turnaround times for its flights, often giving as little as 20 minutes from gate arrival to pushback.

The airline is among those affected by the Boeing 737 Max groundings that have also affected American Airlines and United Airlines in the US.

3. Alaska Airlines

Though failing to match its 2018 numbers, Alaska Airlines once again placed third on the list with an on-time arrival rate of 81.3%. The predominantly West Coast airline recently completed a merger with Virgin America that saw it operate new routes and adopt a new subset of Airbus aircraft.

2. Delta Air Lines

The world's second-largest airline ranked again as the US' second-most on-time airline, scoring 83.5% for on-time arrivals. Delta Air Lines increased its on-time arrival rate by .3 percentage points from 2018 and took delivery of two new aircraft types in 2019 including the Airbus A220 and A330-900neo.

Delta is one of the three legacy carriers that do not operate any Boeing 737 Max aircraft, allowing it to remain largely unscathed by the 2019 grounding that affected United and American.

1. Hawaiian Airlines

Hawaiian Airlines once again earned the top spot on the list with the highest on-time arrival percentage. The Honolulu-based carrier beat out Delta by 4.2 percentage points scoring 87.7%.

Though the ranking is the closest to 90% than any other carrier, Hawaiian failed to meet or beat its percentage from 2018 by .1 percentage points. Hawaiian expanded its route network in 2019 with its new longest route between Honolulu and Boston.

Originally Posted by Dave Fitzgerald

All you guys realize that we are still.....in contract talks, and.....we are paid by the minute.

Don't worry about what you can't control. If UAL wants on time, they know exactly how to fix it, and most times it costs money. Its a conscious decision on managements part to not spend that capital.

Originally Posted by MasterOfPuppets

If you feel REALLY upset send an IOR. FOs can write IORs so do so if you feel the need.

the company needs to pay a livable wage in SFO or people will quit. But there is nothing you can do about that.

Originally Posted by JoePatroni

That’s a great plan, especially when they plan a CI of 200+ through moderate turbulence. What’s a few injured FA’s when we can make up time? Their self-imposed scheduling brush fires are not my concern.

Originally Posted by Hatesheavys

Your paid the big bucks to adjust the cost index and change altitudes for comfort, safety and efficiency. Those high cost index numbers mean nothing, a number spit out by sabre.... I use 5-75 CI on almost every flight for best efficiency (737). All we can do is the best within our own job, rest is out of our control.

Originally Posted by Simpsons

Regional performance is included in that, right? As someone that gets to see all three legacy operations I’d say a big factor is the auto close out weight and balance. Both American and Delta can upload that through ACARS and it beats the hell out of waiting for a passenger count and bag count. I do think United has much better rampers than American, at least in ORD