All main U.S. carriers and three worldwide airways had been named “Most Unreliable,” in line with a listing monitoring the variety of flight issues and complete complaints despatched to regulators.
If there really is a “Most Unreliable Airline,” Airways Journal says American Airways could prime the record.
The publication launched their record of probably the most unreliable carriers for 2022, rating each American and United Airways on the prime.
American and United Outrank Low-Price and Worldwide Airways
To find out probably the most unreliable airways world wide, the journal tracked each complete flight issues throughout the provider’s community, in addition to the entire variety of complaints filed in 2022. Probably due to their dimension, American Airways was on the prime of the record, with over 2,000 flight issues and practically 6,500 complaints.
United Airways got here in second, with simply over 1,500 flight issues and greater than 5,100 complaints. The 2 legacy carriers outranked three low-cost carriers: Spirit Airways was named third “most unreliable” with 3,200 complaints, with JetBlue in fourth with practically 3,000 complaints. Frontier Airways rounded out the highest 5 with 2,871 complaints filed.
“General, the American flight corporations fared the worst, with seven of probably the most unreliable airways primarily based on vacationers’ complaints being all US-owned,” the journal’s editors write. “As the most important airline on this planet, it’s maybe no shock that AA collected probably the most complaints during the last 12-month interval. Actually, the airline ranked worst throughout all of the components except for misplaced and delayed baggage, with 2,183 reported flight issues and 1,476 refund points.”
Delta Air Traces was ranked sixth on the record, regardless of lately being introduced because the provider with the very best on-time charge in North America. Southwest Airways got here in seventh, however may see its place on subsequent 12 months’s record rise after their winter storm meltdown.
Three worldwide carriers had been additionally listed on the highest 10 record. Lufthansa was the very best worldwide provider in eighth with 1,796 complaints, adopted by Air India with 1,661 complaints. Air Canada got here in tenth with 1,292 complaints.
Which provider is probably the most unreliable in your eyes? Share your ideas on the FlyerTalk Boards.