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Canadian airlines rank last for on-time arrivals in North America
CityNews ^ | Posted November 20, 2023 11:52 am. Last Updated November 20, 2023 2:42 pm. | Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press

Posted on 11/20/2023 2:55:17 PM PST by Squawk 8888

MONTREAL — The country’s two biggest airlines ranked last for on-time performance among large North American carriers last month, a new report has found.

---------- The two airlines’ on-time percentages hit 72 per cent and 71 per cent, respectively, falling short of the North American average of 80 per cent — itself the lowest performance of any of the regions tracked in the report, including Europe, Latin America and the Middle East and Africa. Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, Alaska Airlines and American Airlines all notched north of 85 per cent.

Nonetheless, Air Canada’s outcome marks an improvement from its tally of 68 per cent the previous month and represents an even bigger gain from the summer.

(Excerpt) Read more at toronto.citynews.ca ...


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1 posted on 11/20/2023 2:55:17 PM PST by Squawk 8888
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To: Squawk 8888
Air Canada.

When you absolutely, positively don't need to get anywhere.

2 posted on 11/20/2023 2:57:44 PM PST by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: Squawk 8888

Air Canada - North America’s largest unscheduled air line.


3 posted on 11/20/2023 2:59:42 PM PST by llevrok (“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell)
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To: Squawk 8888

One would expect that airlines that operate in places with bad weather might have flights leaving and arriving late.


4 posted on 11/20/2023 4:10:09 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Proudly Clinging To My Guns And My Religion)
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To: billorites

U.S. airlines have figured out the art of scheduling a flight to take twice as long as it actually takes, that’s why you’ll see Delta showing a flight that takes 1.5 hrs as having a block time of nearly 3 hrs (no, the taxi doesn’t take that long). That way they can claim they were on time or early when they were actually 30 minutes late. It’s a game to keep the DOT off their backs and pad their made up “on time” statistics. I don’t know if Air Canada does that, most likely not which is why they lag behind the U.S. carriers in the statistics.


5 posted on 11/20/2023 5:02:06 PM PST by GaryCrow
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To: billorites

U.S. airlines have figured out the art of scheduling a flight to take twice as long as it actually takes, that’s why you’ll see Delta showing a flight that takes 1.5 hrs as having a block time of nearly 3 hrs (no, the taxi doesn’t take that long). That way they can claim they were on time or early when they were actually 30 minutes late. It’s a game to keep the DOT off their backs and pad their made up “on time” statistics. I don’t know if Air Canada does that, most likely not which is why they lag behind the U.S. carriers in the statistics.


6 posted on 11/20/2023 5:02:06 PM PST by GaryCrow
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