These are the airlines with the lowest percentage of on-time arrivals in 2022 so far
- Thousands of flights were delayed this summer as understaffed airlines struggled to handle pent-up demand.
- All US airlines had a higher percentage of late arrivals this year than in 2021, new DOT data shows.
US airlines just received their latest report card from the Department of Transportation, and the grades are looking bleak across the board.
All ten airlines included in August Air Travel Consumer Report had a higher percentage of late arrivals recorded between January and June this year compared with the same time period in 2021.
Thousands of flights were canceled and delayed this summer as understaffed airports and airlines struggled to handle the surge in travel demand, causing a level of disruption that US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg called "unacceptable."
Allegiant Air came in last place for the second year in a row with only 61.63% of its flights landing on time. The low-cost carrier was followed by JetBlue with a 62.08% on-time arrival rate, and Frontier Airlines at 64.50%, according to the data. Last year, the lowest on-time arrival percentage recorded during the first half of 2021 was 74.29%.
Hawaiian Airlines came out on top of the rankings with 82.14% of flights arriving on time, compared to 91.2% last year. The Delta Airlines Network (including codeshare partners) came in a close second at 80.75% — almost a full ten percentage points lower than during 2021. Notably, Delta operates over 20 times the number of flights as Hawaiian.
Here's the report's full list of airline on-time arrival rates, ranked from highest to lowest:
1. Hawaiian Airlines: 82.14% of flights arrived on time
2. Delta Air Lines Network: 80.75% of flights arrived on time
3. Alaska Airlines Network: 78.91% of flights arrived on time
4. United Airlines Network: 76.92% of flights arrived on time
5. American Airlines Network: 76.75% of flights arrived on time
6. Southwest Airlines: 73.87% of flights arrived on time
7. Spirit Airlines: 69.31% of flights arrived on time
8. Frontier Airlines: 64.50% of flights arrived on time
9. JetBlue Airways: 62.08% of flights arrived on time
10. Allegiant Air: 61.63% of flights arrived on time