US: Airlines report fewer delays, cancelations; complaints fall
Airlines cancelled and delayed fewer flights in March and consumer complaints were down. The DoT said Monday that 81.5% of flights on the main airlines arrived on time during March, up from 78.7% in March 2015. Hawaiian Airlines was the best performer, while Spirit Airlines finished last. About 1% of flights were cancelled during the month, an improvement from 2.2% a year earlier. The figures don't include more recent periods, in which thousands of passengers have missed their flights because they were stuck in long security-checkpoint lines. The report covers the 12 largest US airlines. Flights on Hawaiian, which routinely operate in good weather, arrived on time 89.9% of the time. Delta Air Lines was second-best at 87.9%. Spirit arrived on time just 64.6% of the time, followed by Virgin America at 73.8%. <br/>
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US: Airlines report fewer delays, cancelations; complaints fall
Airlines cancelled and delayed fewer flights in March and consumer complaints were down. The DoT said Monday that 81.5% of flights on the main airlines arrived on time during March, up from 78.7% in March 2015. Hawaiian Airlines was the best performer, while Spirit Airlines finished last. About 1% of flights were cancelled during the month, an improvement from 2.2% a year earlier. The figures don't include more recent periods, in which thousands of passengers have missed their flights because they were stuck in long security-checkpoint lines. The report covers the 12 largest US airlines. Flights on Hawaiian, which routinely operate in good weather, arrived on time 89.9% of the time. Delta Air Lines was second-best at 87.9%. Spirit arrived on time just 64.6% of the time, followed by Virgin America at 73.8%. <br/>
