Jet Blue and Hawaiian Airlines Soar - Delta Falls From the Sky

New research shows airline winners and losers. And that the American traveller is missing out.

(PRWEB) February 23, 2005 -- Take just released statistics from US Department of Transportation, on airline performance, add some data on safety and quality from elsewhere, and a clear picture for the air traveller emerges. Jet Blue and Hawaiian Airways continue to pull away from the pack, Delta plummets.

SimplyQuick.com have combed through the dusty data and set out easy to compare charts at http://simplyquick.com/discount-travel/airlines.html

Jet Blue and Hawaiian get top ratings for quality, on-time flights, not losing your baggage and not bumping passengers. Delta manages near last in every category except safety. Maybe Delta flies the tough routes? Well, four years ago, Delta came in 3rd for quality on one survey and 5th for lost baggage. For 2004, make that 11th and 11th. Dr Simon Smelt, Principal of SimplyQuick.com, comments:

One sobering fact for the American air traveller. Jet Blue comes first in the U.S. for quality but this only brings it to the level achieved by nearly every West European airline. And for the business class traveller, the seat size information provided by SimplyQuick.com shows the U.S. airlines slipping behind competitors on that most basic of creature comforts: space."

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SimplyQuick.com provides information on travel agents and airlines for travellers. We are a privately owned and independent firm, based in Wellington, New Zealand in the South Pacific (so we have to travel a lot to get anywhere).

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