As points proceed to plague the aviation business, selecting a home airline is changing into extra of a problem than ever.

And WalletHub’s current rating of the highest U.S. Airways for 2024 displays these struggles. The outlet ranked the 9 main U.S. airways and regional service Skywest Airways, with just one popping out on prime.

“Airline ticket costs had a reasonably important drop final 12 months, however have began to rise once more this 12 months. Value is not all that issues when selecting what firm to fly with, although,” the report stated. “Consolation and security additionally matter, particularly with current incidents within the information about aircraft malfunctions. Discovering probably the most inexpensive airfare is now fairly straightforward for anybody with an web connection, so this report examines different, neglected points of air journey to assist customers make more-informed selections.”

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Coming in at No. 1 was Alaska Airways with a rating of 68.07 out of 100, taking the crown from Delta Airways, which gained the title in each 2022 and 2023.

Delta did nonetheless tie with JetBlue Airways as probably the most comfy airline, due to stellar in-flight facilities like free Wi-Fi and further legroom.

The outlet checked out 13 completely different qualifying elements in three main classes to make its report — baggage and departures, in-flight consolation and value, and security. Airways have been graded on a scale of 100 and acquired a sure variety of factors primarily based on the class being measured, corresponding to canceled flights, mishandled baggage reviews, legroom, Wi-Fi availability, and extra.

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Regional service Skywest Airways got here in at No. 2 total with a rating of 65.96 out of 100 adopted by Spirit Airways in third place with a rating of 65.69 out of 100.

Listed below are how the 9 main U.S. airways and one regional service have been ranked, in line with WalletHub.

10. Southwest Airways (36.03 out of 100)

9. Frontier Airways (43.57 out of 100)

8. American Airways (46.52 out of 100)

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7. Hawaiian Airways (48.30 out of 100)

6. Jetblue Airways (51.60 out of 100)

5. United Airways (51.96 out of 100)

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4. Delta Airways (61.56 out of 100)

3. Spirit Airways (65.69 out of 100)

2. Skywest Airways (65.96 out of 100)

1. Alaska Airways (68.07 out of 100)

You’ll be able to view the complete report right here.