Hawaiian Airlines Earns High Rankings from Department of Transportation

Great news from Hawaiian Airlines: The airline led the nation in June for on-time arrivals with 93.1 percent of its flights arriving on schedule, exceeding the industry average by 16.2 percentage points, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) monthly Air Travel Consumer Report.

The airline also ranked second in the industry for fewest oversales, or passengers denied boarding, for the second quarter at 0.04 percent for every 10,000 passengers, as well as through the first two quarters at 0.03 percent per 10,000 passengers (DOT reports oversales quarterly.)

Hawaiian Airlines is the largest provider of air service to Hawaii from the Western U.S., as well as the leading carrier for inter-island service between the islands of Hawaii.

The report covers 16 airlines and is available at http://airconsumer.ost.dot.gov/reports/atcr11.htm.