Why are all my flights always delayed?

Some times due to weather, sometimes mechanical issues, sometimes crew issues. There's a thousand reasons a flight could be delayed, but rest assured your flight crew and airline personnel are working diligently to get you going as quickly and safely as possible!



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Frontier Airlines has had the worst on-time arrival performance so far in 2023. Just 65.41% of Frontier flights arrived on time from January through April 2023. The next-worst airlines were Hawaiian Airlines (66.39%) and Spirit Airlines (66.97%).

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Revealed: the airlines that had the fewest delays in 2022
  • Japan Airlines, 88 percent.
  • LATAM Airlines, 86.31 percent.
  • Delta Air Lines, 83.63 percent.
  • Avianca SA, 48 percent.
  • Emirates, 81.30 percent.
  • United Airlines, 80.46 percent.
  • Qatar Airways, 78.32 percent.
  • American Airlines, 78.29 percent.


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While the number of people boarding planes has risen to record levels only seen just before the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of pilots, mechanics and air traffic controllers working to move all those passengers and planes isn't keeping up with that demand.

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When a flight delay occurs, you are entitled to assistance and a choice between rerouting, reimbursement, or rebooking. If you arrive at your destination more than 3 hours after your scheduled arrival time, you are entitled to the same reimbursement, rerouting, and rebooking structure as a denied boarding.

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Contributing factors include: Airline issues, like not having enough staff. Mechanical issues and delays may be compounded by staffing shortages. The Federal Aviation Administration is also experiencing staffing issues.

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Once passengers have boarded the aircraft, the compensation structure is $100 in credit for a delay between three and five hours, $175 in credit for a delay between five and six hours, or a $250 credit for a delay of six hours or more.

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Contrary to popular belief, airlines don't cancel flights just to save money, for instance if there aren't enough passengers to make it worth their while. But they do cancel flights to prevent even wider cancellations and delays.

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For domestic flights in the U.S., airlines have to pay you 200% of the value of your one-way ticket up to $775 if you arrive at your destination one to two hours past your originally scheduled itinerary or 400% of the one-way ticket price, up to $1,550 if your arrival delay is longer than two hours.

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Air France is a French carrier. Frequent travelers give the airline an average rating of 7.5/10. This is above the general average .

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Your chances of being involved in a fatal plane crash are incredibly small – around 1 in 11 million, according to Harvard researchers. While your odds of being in a plane accident are about 1 in 1.2 million, survivability rates are about 95.7% – so the odds are with you no matter how you look at it.

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World's Longest Flights by Distance In 2023
  1. Singapore (SIN) to New York-JFK (JFK) [SQ23/24] ...
  2. Singapore (SIN) to Newark-Liberty (EWR) [SQ22/21] ...
  3. Auckland, New Zealand (AKL) to Doha, Qatar (DOH) [QR921/920] ...
  4. Perth, Australia (PER) to London-Heathrow, United Kingdom (LHR) [QF9/10] ...
  5. Dallas/Ft.


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If conditions allow, the estimated departure time could be moved up.

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The Loganair Westray to Papa Westray route is the shortest scheduled passenger flight in the world. Flights on the route are scheduled for one and a half minutes, and actual flying time is closer to one minute. The record for the fastest flight is 53 seconds.

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