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Annual Airline Achievement Report Released

According to an annual report by Dean Headley, a business professor at Wichita State University, flying is getting slowly better. Lost bag reports, delayed flights, service complaints and cases of getting bumped from your flight were all slightly down in 2011. From the article: "Hawaiian Airlines did the best job of arriving on time with an average of 92.8 percent, while JetBlue Airways had the worst on-time performance, 73.3 percent. A flight is considered on time if it arrives within 15 minutes of when it was originally due. Nearly half the 15 airlines improved their on-time arrival performance in 2011, and seven had an on-time arrival percentage over 80 percent — Hawaiian, Southwest Airlines, AirTran Airways, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and Mesa Airlines. The average on-time performance for the industry was 80 percent last year, just a tad better than 2010's average of 79.8 percent."

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  1. Re:Games airlines play by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Of course not. I'm married. We always leave for an appointment precisely when the appointment actually occurs. No matter how far away.

  2. Re:Games airlines play by Quiet_Desperation · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, wait, when do the trains pass each other?

    Is this one extra credit?