Luxury Travel
These Are the Best- and Worst-Performing Airlines in the World
Consult this list before picking your next long-haul flight.
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For those who insist that traveling is all about the journey, we say this: It really depends on which carrier you’re flying.
Aside from variations in cabins and service quality, there’s the major concern of how likely you are to get delayed. Fly on the wrong airline and your odds of a delay are as high as 55 percent; choose the right one and that number shrinks way down to just 11 percent. That’s enough to make or break a vacation's spell, no matter where you're sitting on the plane.