Updated at 11:26 a.m., Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Aloha Airlines has second-best record for cancellations
Advertiser Staff
Aloha Airlines had the second-best record in the airline industry for flight cancellations during the month of February.In the U.S. Department of Transportation's monthly air travel consumer report, Aloha reported that it had 28 flight cancellations in February, or 0.8 percent of all flights that month. That was second to Hawaiian Airlines, which had 14 cancellations for the month, or 0.3 percent of all flights. Aloha also had the second best on-time performance in February behind Hawaiian.
The DOT report said Mesa Airline, the sister company to interisland carrier go!, was 14th for on-time performance and 18th in flight cancellations. The DOT said 62.5 percent of Mesa's planes were on-time in February and the Phoenix-based carrier had canceled 7.4 percent of its flights during the month. The DOT report doesn't include statistics for go!
