Hawaiian, Delta and Alaska named most punctual airlines

Hawaiian Airlines (NASDAQ:HA), Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) and Alaska Airlines (NYSE:ALK) were ranked as the carriers with the best on-time rates in the business.

Here are the government's rankings of the leading U.S. airlines and their on-time performance for May. The federal government counts a flight as on time if it arrives no more than 14 minutes behind schedule.

1. Hawaiian Airlines, 89.7%
2. Delta Air Lines, 82.8%
3. Alaska Airlines, 82.6%
4. SkyWest Airlines (NASDAQ:SKWY), 82.4%
5. United Airlines (NYSE:UAL), 82.3%
6. American Airlines (NASDAQ:AAL), 80.1%
7. Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV), 77.3%
8. ExpressJet, 76.8%
9. Frontier Airlines, 76.7%
10. Spirit Airlines (NASDAQ:SAVE), 69.0%
11. JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ:JBLU), 67.2%
12. Virgin America (NASDAQ:VA), 58.7%

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As a whole, the industry recorded an on-time rate of 79.1% in May.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.