Articles tagged “on-time”

United CEO Oscar Munoz Munoz is saying all the right things and needs to reassure MileagePlus members before more of them bolt to other airlines. But after years of poor performance, members of United's loyalty program and other customers will want to see concrete results, not just the verbiage.

We can't say for sure why the Gulf carriers have embarrassing on-time performance records, but we feel the answer is likely a combination of the responses we received from aviation experts and the airlines themselves.

This is encouraging news for Asia-Pacific carriers but plenty still rank towards the bottom of the overall list with enormous average delay times. We're looking at you, Emirates.

On-time arrival and departure rates often have more to do with location and weather than actual operations; however, steep drops or inclines in performance can highlight an underlying problem.

The delays in Asia likely result from the fact that the travel industry there is growing so fast that infrastructure can't keep up. Delays have been endemic to China's airports for some time now, which is part of what keeps the country's rail system so healthy.

The torrent of bag fees means fewer bags to mishandle, and DOT liability increases gave airlines a bigger kick in the behind to get their act together.