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On-time flights are those that arrive “within 15 minutes of the scheduled gate arrival,” the company said in a news release. Delta Air Lines placed first for the second year in a row, with more than 84% of its nearly 960,000 flights arriving on time.
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“Congratulations to Delta Air Lines for their excellent punctuality performance in Cirium’s 2022 On-Time Performance Review, getting their passengers to their destination on time across North America as the market revived during 2022,” Cirium CEO Jeremy Bowen said in a news release. “Ramping back up operations so quickly after an enforced slowdown is not easy to do…”Â
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Scott Keyes, founder of Scott’s Cheap Flights said he would consider an on-time arrival rate above 79% good, while below that would be bad. “Those figures vary somewhat airline to airline and month to month,” he told USA TODAY in an email. On-time percentages “will plummet” for December in the wake of the winter storm, for example, he said.
Air travelers faced a particularly rough summer in 2022, with airlines canceling large numbers of flights and delaying almost a quarter of all flights by 15 minutes or longer, though they were generally performing better by fall. Numerous factors can contribute to delays, including weather and air traffic control staffing, as well as how an airline schedules its crews and aircraft.