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August 6, 2007

Note to Airline Haters: Never Fly JFK-LAX on Delta

Some great (if unsettling) flight delay data out from the Department of Transportation. Among other things, it says that flight delays in the first half of this year at the highest percentage of flights since the DoT began collecting such info 13 years ago.

Here, however, is my favorite factoid: The worst major route/airline regularly scheduled flight in America for delays is Delta Airlines flight 1891 from New York's JFK to Los Angeles's LAX. How bad is it? Get this, the flight is delayed 100% of the time. Amazing, but Delta's 1891 is not the only flight with a bad record:

Most Frequently Delayed Flights
1. Atlantic Southeast Airlines flight 4104 from Atlanta to Chattanooga, TN – late 100 percent of the time
1. Atlantic Southeast Airlines flight 4176 from Atlanta to Myrtle Beach, SC – late 100 percent of the time
1. Atlantic Southeast Airlines flight 4415 from Chattanooga, TN to Atlanta – late 100 percent of the time
1. Atlantic Southeast Airlines flight 4415 from Atlanta to Hilton Head, SC – late 100 percent of the time
1. Atlantic Southeast Airlines flight 4854 from Atlanta to Milwaukee – late 100 percent of the time
1. Comair flight 5565 from New York JFK to Buffalo, NY – late 100 percent of the time
1. Delta Air Lines flight 1891 from New York JFK to Los Angeles – late 100 percent of the time
1. Northwest Airlines flight 656 from Detroit to Newark, NJ – late 100 percent of the time

[via DoT]

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