Delta is the top-ranked U.S. airline in on-time arrivals and other statistical measures, researchers say. Annual survey finds the industry is getting better at handling baggage and overcrowded flights.
FILE - In this Aug. 8, 2017, file photo, a Delta Air Lines jet waits on the tarmac at LaGuardia Airport in New York. Delta tops an annual study that ranks US airlines by on-time arrivals, complaint rates, and other statistical measurements. Researchers who crunch the numbers say that U.S. airlines are getting better as a whole.
Researchers who crunch the numbers also say that as a whole, U.S. airlines are getting better at handling baggage and overcrowded flights and are getting fewer complaints. Delta was the only carrier to improve in all four categories, the researchers said. It rose from second place last year. “They are buying out customers better than ever,” said one of the lead researchers, Brent Bowen of Embry-Riddle.
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