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"The Airline Quality Rating report, compiled annually since 1991, looked at 18 airlines and was based on Transportation Department statistics. The research is sponsored by the Aviation Institute at University of Nebraska at Omaha and Wichita State University."

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Passenger Rights

The Nine Rules of Airline Etiquette

Air Travel Advice Blog

USA Today Air Blog

Ratings and Reference:

Aviation Consumer Protection Division

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Airline Quality Rating

(Domestic)

SKYTRAX: Global Airline Rating

(International)

NTSB: Aviation Accident Database

Airline Accident Rates

Airline Quality Rating 2007

The ratings are in for the major US airlines. As airline staff shrinks, and complaints abound, the airlines are not exactly being celebrated for stellar performances, but rather doing a bit better than their competitors.

The Airline Quality Rating Report rates the airlines from best in show, to last place:

•1. Jetblue

•2. AirTran

•3. Southwest

•4. United Airlines

•5. Alaska Airlines

•6. America West

•7. Northwest Airlines

•8. American Airlines

•9. Continental Airlines

•10. ATA

•11. Delta Airlines

•12. US Airways

•13. American Eagle

•14. Skywest

•15. COMAIR

•16. Atlantic Southeast

For the full report you can read the Airline Quality Rating Report