A look at the on-time arrival rates in November for 19 airlines that are required to report figures to the U.S. Transportation Department. The list ranks the airlines for November and lists each carrier’s rank in October in parentheses and then its on-time percentage in November.
1. Hawaiian Airlines (1) 93.3 percent
2. United Airlines (5) 92.6 percent
3. Southwest Airlines (9) 92 percent
4. Pinnacle Airlines (7) 91.3 percent
5. Northwest Airlines (19) 91.1 percent
6. SkyWest Airlines (10) 90.8 percent
7. JetBlue Airways (3) 89.1 percent
— Industry average 88.6 percent
8. Alaska Airlines (2) 88.3 percent
9. US Airways (4) 87.8 percent
10. American Airlines (11) 87.8 percent
11. ExpressJet (17) 87.7 percent
12. Mesa Air (8) 87.6 percent
13. Delta Air Lines (6) 87.4 percent
14. American Eagle (14) 87.3 percent
15. Frontier Airlines (15) 87.1 percent
16. Continental Airlines (13) 86.2 percent
17. Comair (16) 85.1 percent
18. AirTran Airways (12) 80.6 percent
19. Atlantic Southeast Airlines (18) 80.5 percent.