What is the best and worst Airlines to fly? (US ONLY)?
The best airline to fly with is Southwest The worst airline is United (got I hate them so much, after a 15 hour flight from Japan to Chicago all I wanted to do was get to Nashville. After delaying the flight 3 times they finally desided to cancel it at 11:00 at night. That was not bad, yes the weather in other places where bad and all flights where getting cancled. But what gets me is...they told me there was NO AIRLINE going to tennassee from that airport for THREE days and that they would not pay for me to stay at a hotel, and also that there were no rooms avalible at any hotels close to the Airport. They told me I can sleep at the airport...hahah for 3 days I think NOT!!!. My sisters friend came and got me and drove me to Midway Airport the next morning to catch a southwest flight to Nashville. (oh and they would not give me my bags, they said they would be in nashville for me in the morning. They never got there until 11:00 that night, and I had to go pick them up.) The reason I say US only is because I know all over seas flights ROCK! People over seas are so much nicer so how can it be bad... ALOPILOT: I'm asking what PEOPLE think..not what stupid records show.
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The best I've flown was Midwest Airlines Two across large comfortable seats and chocolate chip cookies baked on the plane! based right here in Milwaukee
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Too bad you've limited it to U.S. airlines. Now I can't mention how much British Airways rocks! I fly a lot, and frankly, I find most most domestic airlines, these days to be pretty similar. I tend to have good experiences with Delta. As another poster mentioned, Southwest is usually pretty good, as long as you arrive early enough to get a low check-in number. Yes, United sucks. They used to be alright. It seems that they're just going through the motions, these days.
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United is not my fav. If you are goind to Singapore, then Singapore Airlines is the best. Singapore Airlines is the best on Earth.
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The best is Delta. They fly everywhere with great staff and low fares. The worst is Northwest. You're crammed on ancient DC-9s from the 60s (I'm not kidding) and you're always late.
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Despite the recent bad publicity, Jet Blue is one of the best airlines around. I was also very partial to America West prior to the acquisition of US Airways. I don't like Southwest. Because of their corporate operating model, they overbook every flight to assure that the planes carry the maximum number of passengers, and they are totally "nit picky" about some of there "rules".
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Why answer your own question????????
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this ones is not bad this is the best airlines in the world i say british airways is the best
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Sorry about this but there is nothing that bother me more than someone who makes a claim with nothing to back it up... take for instance the guy above that says that Delta is the best and that Northwest is the worst because they are always late and the DC-9's are crowded... First of all, take a look at the stats for youself... its the top link below... Over the entire scope of the data (Jun, 2003 - Jan, 2007) , both airlines performed above average in on-time stats... However, Delta performed on time 77.15% of the time.... Northwest performed on time 77.59% of the time.... I believe the Northwest number is higher and thus THERE ARE MORE DELAYS ON DELTA!!!... Next, he talks about cramming them into DC-9's... for comparision purposes, we will look at the similarly sized DC-9-50 in the NW corner and the MD-90 from Delta... Both of the airplanes feature 17" seat width so its a tie there... seat pitch or distance between seats is 30-31" on the DC-9-50... thats 30" in most seats and 31" in the exit rows,,, Delta's MD-90 has 30-32" seat pitch... the 32" pitch can be found in one (1) seat on the entire airplane and that is seat 10C... it is situated right behind first class and the bulkhead does not extend all the way in front of the seat... otherwise... its 30" inches and 31" in the exit rows... Looks to me like a tie in the "cramped department... therefore Northwest wins because they are on time more often... Consider this... we will assume 1,500 daily operations for each airline... thats 547,500 flights per year... taking the data obtained from a government website (the on-time data presented before) 424,805 northwest flights are on-time in a year... only 422,396 Delta flights are on time... therefore, 2,409 more NW flights arrive on time compared to Delta that is 7 more flights per day... Additionally, the extreme weather of Minneapolis account for 1.14% of NW's delays, and understand that the airlines have no control over the weather... Only 0.40% of Delta's delays are Weather related and that makes more responsibility fall on the carrier... Delta cancells 1.77% of its flights... NW cancells 1.23% of its flights... think about that... NW WINS AGAIN!!! Please think and do your homework before you answer...
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american airlines. terrible. the planes inside is old and the flight attendes are all a**holes.
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in the u.s., southwest has the best safety record. ... Jet Blue cancels sooo many flights...
