American Airlines moves ahead of United Airlines in on-time performance

American Airlines got something to crow about this week as airline data provider OAG released its January on-time arrival numbers. After lagging in third or fourth place among the 4 largest domestic carriers, the airline moved into second place in on-time arrival performance behind Delta Air Lines. American ended January with 76.4% of its flights arriving on time, behind first-place Delta's 77.5% on-time arrival result. Despite the new spirit that United's upbeat CE Oscar Munoz has been promoting at the airline, United sank to fourth and last place in January in on-time arrivals among the 4 largest US airlines. United ended the month with 73.3% of flights arriving on time. United is still being negatively affected by several regional carrier operators that have struggled to consistently get regional United Express flights to the gate on time. <br/>