On-time ratings for U.S. airlines

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USA Today
November 13, 2007, 2:01 PM ET
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— -- Below are the latest monthly U.S. airline on-time ratings for September, the latest month for which data is available from the federal Bureau of Transportation Statistics. The top list ranks airlines just for the latest month — September — while the list below ranks airlines for the full year 2007 (since Jan. 1).

Airline on-time arrival percentage: September, 2007

1. Aloha Airlines (95.43% of flights on time)

2. Hawaiian Airlines (93.69%)

3. Frontier Airlines (88.45%)

4. Continental Airlines (88%)

5. AirTran Airways (86.16%)

6. Southwest Airlines (85.81)

7. ExpressJet Airlines (85.8%)

8. JetBlue Airways (85.71%)

9. SkyWest Airlines (82.91%)

10. Mesa Airlines (82.88%)

11. Pinnacle Airlines (82.44%)

12. Delta Air Lines (81.96%)

13. Comair (80.17%)

14. US Airways (80.14%)

15. American Eagle Airlines (79.85%)

16. American Airlines (78.51%

17. United Airlines (78.2%)

18. Northwest Airlines (77.77%)

19. Alaska Airlines (73.29%)

20. Atlantic Southeast Airlines (63.38%)

All airlines 81.70

Source:Bureau of Transportation Statistics

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Airline on-time arrival percentage: January through September, 2007

1. Hawaiian Airlines (93.38%)

2. Aloha Airlines (92.31%)

3. Southwest Airlines (80.25%)

4. Frontier Airlines (78.3%)

5. Pinnacle Airlines (77.3%)

6. AirTran Airways (77.07%)

7. Delta Air Lines (76.1%)

8. SkyWest Airlines (75.91%)

9. Continental Airlines (74.14%)

10. ExpressJet Airlines (73.87%)

11. Mesa Airlines (73.3%)

12. Alaska Airlines (72.2%)

13. United Airlines (71.02%)

14. Northwest Airlines (69.44%)

15. American Eagle Airlines (68.97%)

16. JetBlue Airways (68.79%)

17. American Airlines (68.28%)

18. Comair (67.29%)

19. US Airways (66.08%)

20. Atlantic Southeast Airlines (63.73%)

All airlines: 73.18%

Source:Bureau of Transportation Statistics