- The US Department of Transportation revealed the rankings for the top ten major US airlines in terms of on-time percentage for 2019.
- Most carriers performed better in 2019 than they did in 2018 and no airline scored less than 70%, highlighting a positive trend in the industry for on-time arrivals.
- Overall performance still declined slightly.
- Legacy airlines ranked in the top spots with only one of the big three airlines being featured in the top five.
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The results are in for the most on-time major US airlines for 2019, with the Department of Transportation releasing the ranking in its annual Air Travel Consumer Report .
While the rankings remained pretty constant from 2018, with a few exceptions, the overall trend in the industry shows airlines are becoming more punctual while overall performance declined slightly.
No airline on the list ranked lower than 70%, an improvement from last year that saw Frontier Airlines dip slightly below that number and JetBlue Airlines nearly falling short as well.
Though on-time arrivals have improved more the most part, the highest-ranking airline still fell short of a 90% or greater on-time arrival average.
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