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Aviation analytics company Cirium has released its August data on airline on-time performance. Delta Air Lines has posted an 80.9% on-time arrival performance, securing the top position in North America. United Airlines and Southwest Airlines followed closely, both maintaining an on-time rate of over 78%.
American Airlines ranked above only Spirit Airlines, Frontier Airlines, and JetBlue Airways at the bottom of the list. Notably, American was more likely to cancel flights than Spirit and Frontier. This poor showing in August is consistent with Department of Transportation data from June and the first half of the year that also indicated subpar performance for the Dallas-based carrier.
Delta was slightly outperformed in on-time performance for August by LATAM Airlines.
