April 4, 2016

This year's airline ratings



Fortune -Virgin America is America’s best airline again. For how long is anybody’s guess.
The airline captured top honors for the fourth year in a row in the closely-watched Airline Quality Rating, the industry’s annual report card. It was followed by JetBlue Airways JBLU -4.31% and Delta Air Lines DAL 0.30% .

Overall industry performance improved slightly after a down year in 2014, according to the researchers from Wichita State University and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Six of 13 U.S. airlines evaluated improved in 2015 while six declined. Spirit, which is new to the list, came in dead last.

Rank
Airline
Last Year
1
Virgin America
1
2
JetBlue
4
3
Delta Air Lines
3
4
Hawaiian
2
5
Alaska
5
6
Southwest
6
7
SkyWest
10
8
United
9
9
ExpressJet
11
10
American
7
11
Frontier
8
12
Envoy Air
12
13
Spirit
N/A
Source: 2015 Airline Quality Rating.

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