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Associated Press - November 9, 2009 12:55 PM ET
DALLAS (AP) - The government says flights operated by the major airlines were more likely to arrive on time in September than in the previous month or September 2008.
The Transportation Department said Monday that the 19 carriers reporting on-time performance were on time 86.2 percent.
The best on-time records were posted by Hawaiian, Alaska Airlines and Southwest.
The worst at getting you there on time: Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Comair and Delta.
Many airlines operated fewer flights in September than a year earlier, which helped by reducing crowding on the tarmac and at terminal gates.
There were fewer complaints about mishandled baggage, cancellations were less frequent in September, and there were only two flights that waited on the tarmac for at least four hours, the government said.
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