North American Airlines See Improved On-Time Performance in October, Delta Leads
North American airlines experienced an improvement in on-time performance (OTP) for the second consecutive month in October. According to a report by Cirium, an aviation analytics company, the average OTP for North American carriers rose by 2.2 percentage points from September, reaching 79.8%. Out of the ten airlines included in the report, seven showed month-over-month improvements. Delta Air Lines recorded the best average OTP in October at 86.9%, marking a 4.4 percentage point increase from the previous month. United Airlines followed with an OTP of 84.1%, a 5.4 percentage point improvement. JetBlue saw the most significant month-over-month gain, increasing by 7.7 percentage points to 82.3%, moving it from seventh to fourth place. Conversely, Southwest Airlines and WestJet experienced declines in their OTP. Southwest Airlines' OTP fell by 2.2 percentage points to 68.9%, placing it last for the second consecutive month, while WestJet's OTP decreased by 1.7 percentage points to 83.6%, though it still held...