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America’s Flakiest Airlines, from American to Continental to JetBlue

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From American to Continental to JetBlue, these are the airlines with the fewest on-time arrivals and departures.

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From American to Continental to JetBlue, these are the airlines with the fewest on-time arrivals and departures.

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Serious delays: 71

Total operations: 1,295,082

Total on-time performance: 77.96%

Carrier delays: 3.80%

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Serious delays: 362

Total operations: 5,869,931

Total on-time performance: 80.43%

Carrier delays: 4.86%

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Serious delays: 91

Total operations: 458,530

Total on-time performance: 79.05%

Carrier delays: 5.01%

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Serious delays: 144

Total operations: 750,915

Total on-time performance: 79.96%

Carrier delays: 5.29%

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Serious delays: 118

Total operations: 1,418,522

Total on-time performance: 76.39%

Carrier delays: 5.06%

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Serious delays: 431

Total operations: 325,356

Total on-time performance: 92.09%

Carrier delays: 5.07%

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Serious delays: 357

Total operations: 2,767,800

Total on-time performance: 77.22%

Carrier delays: 5.64%

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Serious delays: 639

Total operations: 2,252,433

Total on-time performance: 77.37%

Carrier delays: 5.58%

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Serious delays: 298

Total operations: 2,937,996

Total on-time performance: 78.36%

Carrier delays: 6.36%

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Serious delays: 1,647

Total operations: 2,098,912

Total on-time performance: 76.21%

Carrier delays: 4.95%

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Serious delays: 708

Total operations: 2,447,103

Total on-time performance: 73.27%

Carrier delays: 5.74%

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Serious delays: 342

Total operations: 993,772

Total on-time performance: 73.43%

Carrier delays: 5.76

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Serious delays: 533

Total operations: 2,970,954

Total on-time performance: 73.89%

Carrier delays: 6.56%

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