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Hawaiian Airlines records best on-time performance

September 11th, 2009 Written by James DOWNIE

Hawaiian Airlines held the first spot while Alaska Airlines has stayed at No. 2 position for on-time arrivals in the month of July among 19 airlines surveyed by the US Department of Transportation, with an 87.2 percent on-time arrival rate and Hawaiian with 93.6 arrivals.

A month before, the subsidiary of Alaska Air Group was also No. 2 in on-time performance with 84.5 percent performance.

The U.S Department of Transportation’s Air Travel Consumer Report revealed the worst airline was Comair, which had an on-time performance in July of 63.6, a position its held for a few months now.

According to the survey, airlines scheduled a total of 580,134 flights during the month, 8 percent less than the same period last year.

The on-time performance for all 19 airlines surveyed was 77.6 percent for the month of July.