We're not talking about day of flight cancellations (that's the reason you see no IB cancellations), but rather cancellations several days to weeks prior to departure, when IB decides for whatever reason (in most cases, probably low flight load) it will not fly on a particular day. It's up to the individual whether they want to take this risk.
Originally Posted by
hillrider
Absolutely IB. Better seat, food, IFE, wines. Never had an arrogant FA in my 10+ or so transatlantics with them, although many have been less than charming.
As far as cancellations goes, this is news to me, and none of the posters provided any data. So I looked it up on FlightStats, which has the last two months data:
JFK-MAD: AA scheduled 61 flights, cancelled 1; IB scheduled 114 flights, cancelled NONE; DL scheduled 58 flights, cancelled 1.
MIA-MAD: AA scheduled 83 flghts, cancelled 1; IB scheduled 57 flights, cancelled NONE
ORD-MAD: IB scheduled 60 flights, cancelled NONE.
LAX-MAD: IB scheduled 21 flights, cancelled NONE.
IB was the only airline which cancelled NO flights. So one more reason for IB in my book.