DLASflyer

MSPeconomist

I saw something in the news about DOT fining airlines for bad performance. Does anyone know details, including indeed whether this is just a proposal for discussion or something that they have the authority to do? What would the criteria be? I'm guessing that DL might be at the top of the list.

Adam1222

It's almost like data points like this are useless. In the hours since this screen shot it is now AA at 15% delays 1% cxl, Southwest 10% delays, 2% cxl, United 8/3, Delta 7/6.

you may argue that Delta has "worse" stats here, but to suggest the other airlines are not having operations at issue at all.

Also note that UA has far more west coast flights so plenty of day left.

emma dog

All airlines are having issues to various levels. It seems like DL is worse on weekends and holidays as compared to AA and UA.

According to bts.gov (https://www.transtats.bts.gov/HomeDr..._fryrp6Z106u=H) through April:

DL 82.3% ontime, 15.96% delayed and 1.56% cancelled
AA 78.06% ontime, 17.90% delayed and 3.92% cancelled
UA 78.34% ontime, 19.08% delayed, and 2.37% cancelled
WN 73.76% ontime, 22.47% delayed and 3.6% cancelled

At least through April, DL was operationally better than the other three airlines. Comparing the same January-April timeframe, DL's cancellation rate on par with 2017's 1.62% and definitely better than 2014's 2.34%. DL's delayed percentage is worse than all other years except 2014. In comparison, AA's delays are on par with what they typically do and cancellations are markedly higher. United's performance is a little worse overall for delays and 1.5-2x worse for cancellations. Southwest's operational year is one of the worst on record for them.

Adelphos

The problems we are talking about for Delta largely started on around or leading up to Memorial Day

nk15

That was then, and this is now...

Adelphos

1) No one is suggesting other airlines are un-impacted
2) Delta has been known for operational excellence. All things being equal, customers would expect Delta to perform meaningfully better than peers. Even if your points are right (and I don’t think they are), it would still represent a relative deterioration for Delta

AviationFreak

Just waited 1.5 hours in Bos for a pushback crew. . . For a 50 minute flight

DLASflyer

The only US airline which has canceled 5-10% of flights every Saturday, Sunday and Holiday for the past month is Delta.

rylan

Any bets for the upcoming 4th of July weekend? I'm expecting to see significant cancellations starting on Thurs...

With packed flights and zero slack in DL's schedule, there are going to be a lot of pax not able to get to their holiday destination for days...

DLASflyer

Or for people travelling this week...home.

northinsouth

Follow up: I'm glad I took your advice, as he's now sitting in the ATL airport on a connection that's been just cancelled. Fingers crossed that they can get him rebooked for the later plane tonight. On hold w/ UM line.

HDQDD

You can't count most of the regionals from that report, because they fly for multiple airlines, so there's no way to see who the marketing carrier was. At least I didn't see any breakdown that way.

HDQDD

DL has a *significantly* worse competition metric. There's no argument, it's a fact. Today they have cancelled more than twice the percentage of flights as their closest (major) peer. The last few weekends have been the same, they've cancelled 2-4x the % of their flights compared to their competition.

I could almost understand this if DL were growing, but DL has emerged a much smaller carrier (flight wise) post-pandemmy, and they still can't operate at the level they should.

dls25

They will move heaven and earth to avoid a UM being stranded overnight. They dont want the liability. He will get on the next flight even if they have to IDB someone.