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SLOW LANE: If you’re displeased with local...

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SLOW LANE: If you’re displeased with local airline on-time performance, above, you had better not take the train right now. Thanks to bad weather and a landslide over tracks at Dana Point (B1), Amtrak’s local on-time record is a dismal 63% so far this year. . . . In less hectic 1992, the record was 79%.

On-Time Airlines

America West had the best on-time record last year for arrivals and departures at John Wayne Airport. Airline: On-time flights America West: 92.1% American: 89.8% Continental: 89.0% Alaska: 88.2% TWA: 87.0% Northwest: 85.3% United: 85.1% Delta: 80.6% Source: Federal Aviation Administration

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