Hawaii may no longer be as laid back as they were thought to be. Hawaii's two major airlines have been named numbers one and two for the most timely carriers. Hawaiian Airlines took the number one spot with 94.7% of their planes being on time while Aloha Airlines took second with 91.5%.
This information came at a most intriguing time as the U.S. Airlines report came out and showed that overall the U.S.'s performance was the eleventh worst in history.
I, however have to put my two cents in on this. I took a trip to Hawaii in the summer of 2006 and did quite a bit of island hopping while I was there. We used these two airlines and while they were fairly close to being on time(within 10 min.), we still missed one flight completely because our plane was so late in getting to the gate. This was my experience with Aloha.
After this disaster I found myself wondering how the hell we could have missed our flight and been twenty minutes late to begin with considering the longest trip these planes make is about 80 miles. By the time you get up to cruising altitude it's time to start your approach and begin your descent. Should it really be so hard to stay on time? Based on the proximity of the islands I don't see any reason why these airlines shouldn't be the number one and two spots for most on time.
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