Canceled Flights:
The consumer report includes BTS (Bureau of Transportation Statistics) data on the number of domestic flights canceled by the reporting carriers. In April, the carriers canceled 1.1 percent of their scheduled domestic flights, down from both the 1.3 percent cancellation rate of April 2005 and the 1.2 percent rate recorded in March 2006.Miss-Handled Bags:
The U.S. carriers reporting flight delay and mishandled baggage data posted a mishandled baggage rate of 5.27 reports per 1,000 passengers in April, down from both April 2005’s 5.28 rate and March 2006’s 5.81 mark.
Overall On-Time Arrival Percentage:78.4 percent on-time arrivals
Highest On-Time Arrivals:
1. Hawaiian Airlines – 94.3 percent (Hawaiian Airlines always ends up on top as their service is based in a location that has very few weather delays.)
2. Comair – 85.1 percent
3. Frontier Airlines – 83.6 percent
Lowest On-Time Arrivals:
1. ATA Airlines – 65.2 percent
2. American Eagle Airlines – 72.2 percent
3. Continental Airlines – 72.7 percent
Most Delayed Flights:
1. ATA Airlines flight 4234 from Houston to New York LaGuardia – late 100 percent of the time
2. ATA Airlines flight 4233 from New York LaGuardia to Houston – late 100 percent of the time
3. ATA Airlines flight 4232 from Houston to New York LaGuardia – late 96.55 percent of the time
4. ExpressJet Airlines flight 2669 from Newark, NJ to Kansas City, MO – late 96 percent of the time
5. SkyWest Airlines flight 6174 from Monterey, CA to San Francisco – late 89.66 percent of the time
ATA needs to get their act together. Top 3 of the 5 most delayed flights and two of them delayed 100% of the time.
Lowest Number of Canceled Flights:
1. JetBlue Airways – 0.0 percent (JetBlue canceled two flights in April)
2. Hawaiian Airlines – 0.1 percent
3. Frontier Airlines – 0.1 percent
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