DOT 11/17: Alaska, Virgin America, Skywest rank bottom 3 for on-time arrivals
Jan 13, 2018, 7:24 pm
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UA tends to do above average with SFO arrivals.
In the last set of Data (October 2017), SFO averaged 72.6%, with UA a good bit above that at 78.5%, and VX a good bit below that at 67%. But UA also has a big Express operation they can sacrifice to keep the mainline operation running on time or close to on time in ATC issues.
Jan 13, 2018, 7:49 pm
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Per the bts database, AS was 87% ontime for the period of Nov 6-Nov 30, so it was really those few days with snow at the beginning of the month that brought them down.
Jan 13, 2018, 8:29 pm
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To be clear, Port of Seattle had the meltdown. It simply cannot handle snow on the planes and runways.
Jan 14, 2018, 4:29 pm
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UA tends to do above average with SFO arrivals.
In the last set of Data (October 2017), SFO averaged 72.6%, with UA a good bit above that at 78.5%, and VX a good bit below that at 67%. But UA also has a big Express operation they can sacrifice to keep the mainline operation running on time or close to on time in ATC issues.
In the last set of Data (October 2017), SFO averaged 72.6%, with UA a good bit above that at 78.5%, and VX a good bit below that at 67%. But UA also has a big Express operation they can sacrifice to keep the mainline operation running on time or close to on time in ATC issues.
Jan 16, 2018, 11:29 am
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United Improves While JetBlue, Alaska, and Southwest Don't in 2017 On-Time Derby | Cranky Flier
Alaska and Virgin America Have Merger Pains
If you thought the Southwest numbers looked bad, keep moving to the right. It was not a good year for Alaska and Virgin America. Alaska saw performance slip with A14 dropping from 87.1 percent in 2016 to 82.9 percent last year. That, of course, is still a decent number (at least it’s better than Southwest), but that’s a steep drop. Virgin America, meanwhile, saw an even worse plunge from 77.5 percent all the way down to 71.6 percent. There really isn’t any good news here. Alaska is clearly struggling with how to best operate an airline that has a huge chunk of its operation at San Francisco, an incredibly delay-prone airport. I tend to give management a pass on things like this during a merger integration, but that pass won’t last much longer. We’ll look in 2019 to see if Alaska is really up to the task of fixing this.
If you thought the Southwest numbers looked bad, keep moving to the right. It was not a good year for Alaska and Virgin America. Alaska saw performance slip with A14 dropping from 87.1 percent in 2016 to 82.9 percent last year. That, of course, is still a decent number (at least it’s better than Southwest), but that’s a steep drop. Virgin America, meanwhile, saw an even worse plunge from 77.5 percent all the way down to 71.6 percent. There really isn’t any good news here. Alaska is clearly struggling with how to best operate an airline that has a huge chunk of its operation at San Francisco, an incredibly delay-prone airport. I tend to give management a pass on things like this during a merger integration, but that pass won’t last much longer. We’ll look in 2019 to see if Alaska is really up to the task of fixing this.
Jan 16, 2018, 12:46 pm
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For the year 2017:
DL 84%
AS 82.9%
UA 81.7%
AA 80.8%
WN 79.7%
B6 73.5%
VX 71.6%
So, even with all the QX woes, AS was still in 2nd place and not far behind DL. But, clearly VX is lagging behind way behind AS, which will be a challenge as AS continues to integrate operations at SFO.
Jan 16, 2018, 1:13 pm
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Jan 16, 2018, 1:19 pm
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In 2018, VX stats will be almost all combined with AS (given that everything is now officially AS given the SOC), so that would tank their on-times pretty harshly unless they fix things.
Jan 16, 2018, 1:30 pm
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They do, in that the canceled flight is counted as "not on-time." For DOT reporting, the A14 number is the percentage of total scheduled flights that arrive at the gate no more than 14 minutes late. However, it is important to also compare the cancellation rates between carriers.