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Old 06-03-2022, 07:55 AM
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Safety is not an issue. Airlines are the safest way to travel. Regarding reliability, it generally ranges from about 75-90% on-time arrivals (arriving within 15 mins of scheduled arrival time). The list of things that can cause delays is very long and many have nothing to do with the individual airline. The cancellations get attention on the news. Notice that they never talk about all the flights that arrive on time.
Very true but the on time rate is not really accurate. Some years ago they added some time to the schedule in order to help the on time rate look better.

Once upon a time when we flew to the port to take a cruise we would be ok with flying in same day as cruise. Now always get there a day ahead of time.