USA: Government's Rankings Of Leading Airlines

Here are the government's rankings of the leading airlines and their on-time performance for December. The federal government counts a flight as on time if it arrives within 14 minutes of schedule.

1. Hawaiian Airlines, 93.0 per cent

2. Alaska Airlines, 85.3 per cent

3. Delta Air Lines, 83.6 per cent

4. Envoy Air, 80.4 per cent

5. American Airlines, 79.2 per cent

6. United Airlines, 77.9 per cent

7. ExpressJet, 77.3 per cent

8. Southwest Airlines, 76.1 per cent

9. Frontier Airlines, 75.0 per cent

10. SkyWest Airlines, 72.9 per cent

11. Virgin America, 71.1 per cent

12. JetBlue Airways, 70.1 per cent

13. Spirit Airlines, 68.7 per cent

Total, 77.8 per cent