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US Carriers - May 2009 Numbers |
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Performance Comparison at the World's 50 busiest airports |
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North American Airport Performance |
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European Airline Performance Report |
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About These Reports |
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US Carriers - May 2009 Numbers
The graph below shows that 2009 US carrier on-time arrival performance has improved over 2007 and 2008 in each of the first 5 months of 2009. Even though US carriers have made substantial cuts in their schedules, the improvements are
dwindling.
The top five US airlines for on-time performance in May were small and mid-sized carriers:
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Hawaiian Airlines - 89.83%
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Freedom Airlines - 89.62%
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Sun Country Airlines - 89.03%
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Mesaba Aviation - 88.96%
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Horizon Air - 87.92%
Southwest came in 11th overall but topped the on-time performance list among the major carriers in May with 84.1% of its flights arriving on time.
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Southwest - 84.1%
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Northwest - 83.3%
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Continental - 83.28%
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United - 80.07%
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US Airways - 79.01%
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Delta - 77.13%
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American - 75.77%
Combining the numbers for Delta and Northwest yields an on-time performance percentage of 79.65% - about average for all carriers for the month.
Small carriers again comprise the list of five worst performers in May:
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Piedmont - 70.8%
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Atlantic Southeast - 70.72%
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Great Lakes 69.34%
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Air Wisconsin - 65.5%
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Comair - 65.49%
Here are links to this month's detailed US airline reports:
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Top 50 World Airports -
May 2009 Arrival Performance
Asian airports grabbed four of the top five performance slots in May joined by Amsterdam Schipol (2nd overall). Tokyo Haneda (HND) topped the list with nearly 93% of its flights arriving on time.
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Tokyo Haneda (HND) - 92.98%
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Amsterdam Schipol (AMS) - 90.98%
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Bangkok (BKK) - 89.91%
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Seoul (ICN) - 89.65%
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Taipei (TPE) - 88.96%
Houston (IAH) was the only US airport in the top 10 at 88.11%.
Philadelphia (PHL) and all three New York airports were joined by Istanbul at the bottom of the performance list:
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Philadelphia (PHL) - 67.93% on-time arrivals
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New York (JFK) - 67.14%
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Istanbul, TR (IST) - 66.42%
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Newark (EWR) - 65.62%
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New York, La Guardia (LGA) - 59.65%
Download the reports for the ACI/IATA top 50 World Airports here:
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North American Airports - May 2009 Arrival Performance Report
Salt Lake City (SLC) and Houston (IAH) edged out Oakland (OAK) to top the on-time arrival performance list for the top 40 North American airports:
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Salt Lake City (SLC) - 90.74%
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Houston (IAH) - 88.11%
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Oakland (OAK) - 87.23%
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Vancouver BC (YVR) - 87.13%
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Minneapolis/St. Paul (MSP) - 86.97%
The average for the top 40 North American airports was a 78.43% on-time arrival performance for the month.
New York La Guardia (LGA) had the worst on-time performance among the 40 busiest North American airports in May with only 59.65% of its flights arriving on time and nearly 19% of its arrivals delayed by 45 minutes or more.
The bottom five North American airports in May were:
36. San Francisco (SFO) - 68.72%
37. Philadelphia (PHL) - 67.93%
38. New York (JFK) - 67.14%
39. Newark (EWR) - 65.62%
40. New York (LGA) - 59.65%
Download the reports on North American airport arrival performance here:
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European Carriers - May 2009 Arrival Numbers
14 European airlines exceeded the 90% on-time performance mark in May led again by Binter Canarias (the Hawaiian Airlines of Europe) with 97.18% of its flights arriving within 15 minutes of published schedules against an average for the
group of 83.81%. Top performers included:
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Binter Canarias- 97.18%
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SAS Norway - 94.62%
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KLM Cityhopper - 94.53
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VLM Airlines - 93.84%
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SAS - 92.66%
The bottom five airlines for on-time arrivals including Air One, Eastern Airways, Meridiana, Aeroflot, and Olympic Airlines.
Download the report on European carrier arrival performance here:
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About These Reports
These on-time performance reports for worldwide carriers and airports are generated from FlightStats Analytics. We track the performance of over 150,000 flights per day, archive the data for analysis and publication, and provide real time
flight status to millions of travelers world wide each day.
In other words, no we don't have someone at the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) leaking information to us. We gather it ourselves in real time and archive the data for analysis and reporting.
The BTS numbers are usually published a month later than ours, are based upon different data gathering techniques, and built from slightly different data sets.
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BTS reports only on US airlines and airports. FlightStats gathers data world-wide
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BTS airline performance reports are based upon data reported by 19 US airlines, 18 of which constitute 1% or more of total domestic scheduled-service passenger revenues. FlightStats reports cover 45 US airlines and are based upon data
gather in real time from a variety of sources including the US FAA, airlines reservation systems, direct feeds from airlines and airports.
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BTS US airport performance reports are based upon information provided by the 32 U.S. airports that account for at least 1 percent of the nation's total domestic scheduled-service passenger enplanements. FlightStats equivalent reports
are based upon archived real-time data covering the top 40 (i.e. busiest) North American airports.
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Both BTS and FlightStats reports include information on the percentage of flights that arrived on time, were cancelled, were diverted. FlightStats breaks down the delays into 3 categories - late (15-29 minutes late at the gate), very late
(30-44 minutes), and excessive (>
44 minutes). BTS simply reports that a flight is late (15 minutes or more).
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FlightStats has more current data based upon real-time reporting. BTS data is published approximately 5 weeks after the close of a month as it relies on the airlines to file historical reports.
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BTS also reports on baggage issues, passenger numbers, customer complaints and the causes of flight delays. FlightStats does not.
The articles in this issue include links to reports you can download with detailed performance data on the world's 50 busiest airports, US major airline performance, North American airport performance and European carrier performance.
We also track departure performance and can provide many different views into the data. Let us know if you need something in particular.
You may republish any and all data included in this report. We ask only that you attribute the data to FlightStats.com and include a link to http://www.flightstats.com if you publish the data in any form online.
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