US airlines on-time performance rate reaches 74.6%

US Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) released (08-Apr-2010) the Air Travel Consumer Report for Feb-2010. According to the report, the largest US airlines had a lower rate of on-time services in Feb-2010 than in Feb-2009 and Jan-2010. In addition, the reporting carriers also cancelled 5.5% of scheduled domestic flights, which is higher than the 1.2% rate in Feb-2009 and 2.5% in Jan-2010. Details include:

• Overall on-time arrivals rate: 74.6%;
• Highest on-time arrivals rate:
  • Hawaiian Airlines: 88.2%;
  • Alaska Airlines: 86.2%;
  • Southwest Airlines: 79.8%;
• Lowest on-time arrival rates:
  • Comair: 62.2%;
  • Pinnacle: 64.0%;
  • JetBlue: 67.9%. [more]