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What airline has the worst on time record?

Based on the most recent data available from 2022, these are the airlines with the worst track record for on-time flights.
  1. Allegiant Air. Coming in at the top (or rather, bottom) of the pack is Allegiant Air. ...
  2. JetBlue. ...
  3. Frontier Airlines. ...
  4. Spirit Airlines. ...
  5. Southwest Airlines.




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BTS data from July 2021 to June 2022 shows Hawaiian performed best of all U.S. airlines with just a 0.81% cancellation rate. Delta took second place again — with a cancellation rate of 1.63%. Meanwhile, merger partners JetBlue (3.81%) and Spirit Airlines (4.11%) canceled the highest percentage of all flights.

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Coming in at the top (or rather, bottom) of the pack is Allegiant Air. This budget airline saw a mere 63.39% of flights be on time in 2022. Nearly a third of all scheduled flights (32.83%) were delayed, and a further 3.52% were canceled. What is this?

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Late night or overnight flights are also a good choice for avoiding people. The nature of air travel means that those small, Economy seats are a less attractive option for people who value their beauty sleep. Then again, most red-eye fans know that you often have more room to spread out on a late night flight.

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Running since 1929, Hawaiian is among the oldest airlines in the world but, remarkably, it has never suffered a single fatal crash or hull loss.

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Despite an unprecedented hiring spree, Delta still regularly doesn't have enough pilots or flight attendants ready to operate all its flights when things go wrong. Throw in a bad storm during a busy travel week, and things can fall apart quickly.

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Delta Airlines is known for its high-quality service and you typically pay more because of that. The main category that Delta gets low marks on is affordability. But the positives such as reliability, safety, perks, and their large network of destinations generally outweigh this negative.

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This situation is caused mainly by the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent slowing of hiring and training, as well as the early retirement of thousands of pilots.

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Delta Airlines is a large American airline that has a strong safety record. It has received multiple honors for its devotion to safety, including being named the World's Most On-Time Airline for several years in a row by FlightGlobal.

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