Transportation
Delta Led December's On-Time Arrivals
Delta Air Lines’ 80.9 percent on-time arrival rate ranked it as December’s most punctual major North American airline, according to FlightStats. North American carriers on average last month got 77.4 percent of flights to their gates within 15 minutes of their scheduled arrival times. Among the 12 largest carriers, Alaska Airlines (79.4 percent), American Airlines (78 percent) and Frontier Airlines (77.8 percent) also had above-average on-time rates. United Airlines (77 percent), Southwest Airlines (76.4 percent), WestJet (76.2 percent), Air Canada (75.4 percent), Virgin America (72.1 percent), JetBlue Airways (69.6 percent), Spirit Airlines (68.9 percent) and Allegiant Air (57.3 percent) had on-time rates below the monthly average.