On five busy routes, average travel times in 2011 were shorter than they were five years ago, according to DOT stats.
After baking extra minutes into flight schedules to boost "on time" performance, airlines are back in the kitchen, taking minutes out. This new recipe reduces the time passengers spend on planes and offers more reliable departure and arrival times.
American, Alaska, United and Southwest airlines have all reduced scheduled time for trips in at least 16 of the past 24 months, according to the Official Airline Guide data compiled by American. Together, the nine biggest airlines took an average of one minute per flight out of their schedules last year, according to American's schedule analysis. That may not sound like a lot, but minutes add up to days across thousands of flights. At just American, a one-minute change in schedules represents a total of 24.2 flight hours across its fleet each day.
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