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WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. airlines' on-time performance in October was better than last year, but down from September, the U.S. Transportation Department said Monday.
The nation's 20 largest airlines reported on-time performance recorded an overall on-time arrival rate of 78.2 percent in October, much improved over October 2006's 72.9 percent but below September 2007's 81.7 percent, the department said in a news release.
Its Air Travel Consumer Report also showed those carriers canceled 1.2 percent of their scheduled flights in October, slightly higher than September 2007's 1.1 percent.
The monthly report included information about what caused the flight delays, as well as mishandled baggage and consumer service, disability and discrimination complaints received by the department's Aviation Consumer Protection Division.
Continental Airlines and Northwest Airlines were 1-2 in resolving mishandled baggage and fewest cancellations. Southwest and Alaska airlines were the top two for addressing complaints and Southwest finished first in on-time performance.
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