Here’s good news for all the U.S. travelers. A monthly survey by the Transportation Department revealed that the nation’s airlines were on time in July and there were lesser complaints about their baggage too.
The DOT’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics said the 19 carriers in the survey recorded an on-time-arrival rate of 75.7 percent in July, compared with July 2007’s 69.8 percent and 70.8 percent in June.
Delta Air Lines’ regional subsidiary Comair had the worst performance as low as 63.3 percent on-time-arrival rate. JetBlue Airways was next, at 64.6 percent. United Airlines was third-worst at 68.25 percent, and American Airlines, ranked fourth from the bottom. The best amongst the on-time performers was the regional carrier, Pinnacle Airlines with 85.56 percent on-time-arrival rate.
