29-Jun-2020 1:14 PM
US BTS: Carriers average highest flight cancellation rate on record in Apr-2020
US Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) released (26-Jun-2020) the Air Travel Consumer Report for Apr-2020. Details for reporting carriers include:
- Overall on time arrivals: 55.7%, the lowest rate since reporting began in 1987;
- Highest on time arrivals rates:
- Hawaiian Airlines: 80.9%;
- Alaska Airlines: 77.3%;
- Spirit Airlines: 74.6%;
- Lowest on time arrivals rates:
- Allegiant Air: 10.4%;
- Southwest Airlines: 47.0%;
- Frontier Airlines: 49.6%;
- Highest on time arrivals rates:
- Flight cancellation rate: 41.3%, highest rate on record;
- Highest flight cancellation rates:
- Allegiant Air: 84.7%;
- Southwest Airlines: 51.6%;
- Frontier Airlines: 47.7%;
- Lowest flight cancellation rates:
- Hawaiian Airlines: 17.6%;
- Spirit Airlines: 19.8%;
- Alaska Airlines: 20.3%. [more - original PR]
- Highest flight cancellation rates: