Regarding safety, the 2020 roster of the world’s safest airlines was recently reported by airlineratings.com. Regarding Hawaii flights, Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines both made the cut.
The other safest airlines are Qantas, Air New Zealand, EVA Air, Etihad, Qatar Airways, Singapore Airlines, Emirates, Cathay Pacific Airways, Virgin Australia, Virgin Atlantic Airlines, TAP Portugal, SAS, Royal Jordanian, Swiss, Finnair, Lufthansa, Aer Lingus, and KLM.
Notably absent again from the 2020 list are the US legacy airlines American, Delta and United. Delta’s enviable record of years of reliable service was blotted by a five-day meltdown a couple of years ago, in which more than 3,200 flights were canceled in response to storms.
On-time performance. The Official Airline Guide just released the latest results for 2019 on-time results. Of the US airlines studied, Hawaiian Airlines came in first, followed by Delta and Alaska Airlines, numbers two and three. Southwest came in fifth.
Bottom line is that is that your Hawaii flights on Alaska and Hawaiian are likely to be on-time.
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Updated 1/15/20.
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Margaret P. says
Folks who live on Lanai would like to know how Ohana by Hawaiian stacks up in the ‘on time’ ratings. We all have a bucket full of horror stories related to flights that are MORE late than on time! Why? It’s always about lousy maintenance which is done by Empire who gets their parts from France. What a joke but then again, we’re not laughing on Lanai:(
George says
Also notably absent from the safety list is Southwest. That may be because they had the first fatal accident of US airlines in almost 10 years. Or maybe it’s because the FAA regularly flags them for bad behavior. The latest being a fine for improper weight and balance data, a critical component for long Hawaii flights.
DIANE says
Hello again. I’m enquiring about Southwest taking their loyal passengers to Hawaii in the future. What is the status of this happening? Is it becoming reality in the near future? My husband and I just returned from Florida on Southwest and it’s the best!
Thank you so very much,
Diane
Beat of Hawaii says
Hi Diane.
We update this whenever there is news. https://beatofhawaii.com/southwest-hawaii-airline-update/.
Aloha.
Gemma H says
Just to add to your comments – WESTJET non-stop service from Vancouver BC (lower mainland BC) is superb – generally on -time when I have flown with this airline and personable, friendly staff make the flights totally enjoyable – big congratulations to WestJet for great service.