This is the worst airline of 2019, according to the rankings

This is the worst airline of 2019, according to the rankingsThis is the worst airline of 2019, according to the rankingsGot a trip coming up? Double check which airline you selected because on Monday researchersat Wichita State University and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, released their29th annual Airline Quality Ranking to the public.In order to provide a comprehensively objective ranking as possible, AQR took four key factors into account, namely mishandled baggage, customer complaints, on-time performance and involuntary denied boardings. These results are very needed by the traveling public, given all the recent reports of airlines losing the confidence of key consumers, says the studies co-author, Brent Bowen, aprofessor of aeronautical science at Embry-Riddles Prescottcampus.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moraThe data suggests vast improvements from all airlines acros s the board, more specifically, the new study reports the least incidents of bumped passengers, the lowest rate of mishandled baggage, and the lowest rate of customer complaints since the inception of The Annual Airline Quality Ranking all the way back in 1991. On this Bowen optimistically adds the following, Travelers can be confident that our airlines are improving.Top flightDelta Airlines ascended from the number two spot it took last year to number one in the 2019 ranking- a spot previously held by Alaska Airlines. According to the authors that surveyed the numbers, Delta welches the only US airline that improved in all four categories mentioned above.Alaska Airlines, which fell to number four this year might have the Alaska-Virgin America merger that took place March of last year to blame, considering the AQR ranking took the performance of both for the entire year into account.JetBlue was awarded the number two spot this year.Frontier was given the last spot on AQRs 29th annua l list and The Point Guys third annual list (Delta was also ranked first on both lists). The full AQR ranking is as followsThe top 10 airlines for 20191. Delta2. JetBlue3. Southwest Airlines4. Alaska Airlines5.Hawaiian Airlines6.United Airlines7. Spirit Airlines8. American Airlines9. FrontierYou might also enjoyNew neuroscience reveals 4 rituals that will make you happyStrangers know your social class in the first seven words you say, study finds10 lessons from Benjamin Franklins daily schedule that will double your productivityThe worst mistakes you can make in an interview, according to 12 CEOs10 habits of mentally strong people