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Not So Fly: Worst US Airlines

Everyone has their travel hell story, but which airlines are the true villains?

By Sophie Goldstein,  Newser User

Posted Oct 4, 2007 1:31 PM CDT

(Newser) – Lost luggage, canceled flights and appalling delays seem to be par for the course in air travel these days.  But some airlines are worse than others.  Forbes provides the hit list:

  1. Atlantic Southeast Airlines
  2. Comair (a division of Delta Air Lines)
  3. American Eagle Airlines (a division of American Airlines)

  1. Mesa Airlines
  2. Expressjet Airlines
  3. US Airways
  4. American Airlines
  5. United Airlines
  6. Delta Air Lines
  7. Alaska Airlines

Delays Hamper Busiest Holiday Travel Day At O'Hare
Delays Hamper Busiest Holiday Travel Day At O'Hare   (Getty Images)
CHARLOTTE, NC -- Rose Letendre, 19, who is on spring break, waits in line with others for a flight after snow caused delays in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Friday, February 27, 2004.
CHARLOTTE, NC -- Rose Letendre, 19, who is on spring break, waits in line with others for a flight after snow caused delays in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Friday, February 27, 2004.   (KRT Photos)
Hundreds of passengers crowd a check-in
Hundreds of passengers crowd a check-in   (Getty Images)
(FILES) In this file picture taken 28 September 2006, passengers...
(FILES) In this file picture taken 28 September 2006, passengers...   (Getty Images)
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A group of passengers (below) wait in li   (Getty Images)
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