Hawaiian tops on-time rankings

By Chris Erskine

Nov. 9, 2012 12 AM PT

Hawaiian Airlines, with a history of strong on-time performance due in part to operating in weather-friendly routes, topped other domestic airlines in on-time arrival percentages through September of this year, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics announced this week. The airline had a 93% on-time arrival rate, meaning 98% of its flights arrived within 15 minutes of their scheduled times. Alaska was second with a 88% rate, and AirTran was third at 87%. The average for all airlines was 82%.

Airline on-time arrival percentages, through September of this year:

Hawaiian (93), Alaska (88), AirTran (87), Delta (86), US Airways (86) Mesa (85), Southwest (84), Virgin America (84), SkyWest, (82), American Eagle (82), JetBlue (80), Frontier (79), American (78), ExpressJet (77), United (76).

Meanwhile, a look at United and American ontime rates reflect AA’s labor struggles in September and United’s rebound after a tough summer. Here is how the two airlines compared for the year:

	American	United
January	83.63	82.18
February	86.06	83.66
March	79.92	77.43
April	81.37	81.58
May	80.29	77.83
June	79.81	70.11
July	76.42	64.12
August	74.69	72.24
September	57.98	82.00
Jan-Sept	77.86	76.49

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Chris Erskine

Chris Erskine is a nationally known humor columnist and editor who retired from the Los Angeles Times in 2020. Previously he wrote for the Sports, Travel and Saturday sections and edited with the paper’s features staff. As an editor, he has been a part of two Pulitzer Prize-winning teams at The Times (for his graphics work on the Northridge quake and the North Hollywood bank robbery). He is best known to readers for his weekly humor pieces on life in suburban Los Angeles. His latest book, “Daditude,” released in 2018, is a collection of his favorite Times columns on fatherhood. He has written two other books, “Man of the House” and “Surviving Suburbia,” which reached the Los Angeles Times bestseller list. The Chicago native has also worked for papers in New Orleans and Miami.

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