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If you are booking a summer trip and are facing similar priced ticket options on different airlinesWorth doing a little homework first.. The Ministry of Transport recently announced Air Travel Consumer ReportAnd meIncluded in it The survey results are Data of The quality of service provided by each airline. This means you know which ones you need to avoid due to poor track record of delays, cancellations, and mishandling of baggage.

Raw data is pretty useless, but it requires a little effort and analysis. This is what I provided.The following ed—It can help you make the most informed choices.. The Ministry of Transport has a lot of data Ten Most traveled domestic airlines (Alaska Airlines, Allegiant Air, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Frontier Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, JetBlue Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Spirit Airlines, United Airlines), so we limited our research to these airlines...

under, I have categorized it into four major headache-inducing categories.Delays, cancellations, mishandling of baggage, and overbooked / oversold flightss.I gave tHe is the best performing airline on each Category 10 points; second highest performance 9 points etc... Each of the four categories Evenly weighted The placements of each airline are summed to give the total score.All data is current march Latest 2022 Available, According to the consumer report of air travel.

Worst airline for delays?

According to reports A flight is defined as scheduled if it is “operated within 15 minutes of the scheduled time displayed on the airline’s computerized booking system.”

Airlines Most unlikely Arrive on time:

1. Allegiant Air (62% of flights arrived on time)
2. JetBlue Airlines (63% of flights arrived on time)
3. Frontier Airlines (65% of flights arrive on time)
4. Spirit Airlines (71% of flights arrived on time)
5. Southwest Airlines (75% of flights arrived on time)

Airlines most likely Arrive on time:

1. Hawaiian Airlines (83% of flights arrived on time)
2. Delta Air Lines (81% of flights arrived on time)
3. Alaska Airlines (79% of flights arrived on time)
4. American Airlines (78% of flights arrived on time)
5. United Airlines (76% of flights arrived on time)

Which airline cancels the most flights?

Airlines most likely To cancel a flight:

1. Allegiant Air (5.4% of flights canceled)
2. Frontier Airlines (4.5% of flights canceled)
3. JetBlue Airlines (2.8% of flights canceled)
4. Spirit Airlines (2.1% of flights canceled)
5. Southwest Airlines (2.0% of flights canceled)

Airlines Most unlikely To cancel a flight:

1. Hawaiian Airlines (0.4% of flights canceled)
2. Delta Air Lines (0.9% of flights canceled)
3. United Airlines (1.0% of flights canceled)
4. Alaska Airlines (1.3% of flights canceled)
5. American Airlines (1.5% of flights canceled)

Which airline do you like bestishandle load?

The report defines a mishandled bag as follows: “The number of lost, damaged, delayed, and stolen check bags that were under the control of the airline for reportable domestic direct flight scheduled passenger flights, reported by or on behalf of the passengers. “

Airlines most likely If you handle your luggage incorrectly:

1. American Airlines (0.69 per 100 bags)
2. JetBlue Airlines (0.67 per 100 bags)
3. Delta Air Lines (0.65 per 100 bags)
4. Alaska Airlines (0.65 per 100 bags)
5. United Airlines (0.58 per 100 bags)

Airlines Most unlikely If you handle your luggage incorrectly:

1. Allegiant Air (0.18 per 100 bags)
2. Hawaiian Airlines (0.24 per 100 bags)
3. Frontier Airlines (0.35 per 100 bags)
4. Spirit Airlines (0.40 per 100 bags)
5. Southwest Airlines (0.45 per 100 bags)

Which airline is most likely to overbook your flight?

According to reportsn Involuntary denial of boarding is defined as “the number of passengers who have confirmed their reservation and have been denied boarding from a flight due to oversold.” This does not include passengers who choose to exchange their seats for other forms of compensation.

Airlines most likely To unknowingly refuse boarding:

1. Frontier Airlines (5.3 passengers per 10,000 passengers)
2. Southwest Airlines (0.7 passengers per 10,000 passengers)
3. American Airlines (0.5 passengers per 10,000 passengers)
4. Spirit Airlines (0.5 passengers per 10,000 people)
5. Alaska Airlines (0.1 passengers per 10,000 passengers)

Airlines Most unlikely To unknowingly refuse boarding:

1. (T1) Delta Air Lines (0 passengers per 10,000)
2. (T1) Allegiant Airlines (0 passengers per 10,000 people)
3. (T1) Hawaiian Airlines (0 passengers per 10,000 passengers)
4. United Airlines (0.02 passengers per 10,000 passengers)
5. JetBlue Airlines (0.08 passengers per 10,000 passengers)

Which airline is the best and which is completely bad?

After TotaLooking at the rankings above, here’s how the top 10 carry swings from the highest to the lowest.

1. Hawaiian Airlines (38 points)
2. Delta Air Lines (30 points)
3. United Airlines (26 points)
4. Alaska Airlines (24 points)
5. Allegiant Air (21 points)
6. Spirit Airlines (19 points)
7. American Airlines (17 points)
8. Southwest Airlines (16 points)
9. Frontier Airlines (14 points)
10. JetBlue Airlines (13 points)

Fly HawaAvoid iian, JetBlue

If you’re looking for a less stressful flight, Hawaiian Airlines is the best bet, at least according to Ministry of Transport data...Obviously others variable The most important thing to get into booking flights for airlines that exceed this metric Price and availability. (While Hawaiian Airlines got a high score overall, but otherwise it’s not particularly useful …I’m flying to Hawaii. ) But it gives you another data point to work from a discussion about which major or cheap airline to choose.