Airlines on-time results among the best in 2 decades

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s leading airlines posted one of their best-ever monthly on-time performances in October, the third straight month where more than 80 percent of flights arrived punctually.
The Transportation Department said Monday that 87 percent of flights on the top 13 U.S. airlines arrived on time in October. That was up slightly from 86.5 percent in September. The two months now rank third and fourth, respectively, among the best on-time tallies in the 21 years where