The worst, aside from Midwest: Georgia-based Atlantic Southeast Airlines (72.2%) and Wyoming's Great Lakes Aviation (71%).
The flight arrived safely at LaGuardia Airport in New York and was met by local law enforcement officials, said Jarek Beem, an Atlantic Southeast Airlines spokesman.
Huffington was on a United Express flight operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines from Washington to New York on Saturday night when a fellow traveler became upset when she allegedly continued to use her smartphone after the pilot asked passengers to turn off electronic devices before takeoff.
When previous applications were blocked, the so-called Bermuda 2 Agreement was in place, whereby only four airlines, British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, United Airlines and American Airlines, could fly the transatlantic route out of Heathrow, an agreement that the United States government was keen to scrap by putting the hefty conditions on BA's application.
British Airlines and Virgin Atlantic, the only two EU airlines currently operating transatlantic flights from Heathrow, have criticized the deal.
The treaty puts an end to the exclusive arrangement granted to British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, United Airlines and American Airlines to fly transatlantic out of London Heathrow.
America is right to demand more open access to Heathrow, the world's biggest and most lucrative international hub, which is now restricted across the Atlantic to a small club of airlines known as the Heathrow Four: United Airlines, American Airlines, British Airways and Virgin Atlantic.
Airlines planning to operate the A380 at Heathrow include Singapore Airlines, Emirates, Virgin Atlantic, Qantas, Qatar Airways and Malaysia Airlines.
Virgin Atlantic has announced that American Airlines executive Craig Kreeger will be its next chief executive.
Five other airlines -- Atlantic Southeast, Comair, ExpressJet, Mesa and Pinnacle -- didn't get an overall grade because some categories couldn't be completed.
Steve Ridgway, CEO of Virgin Atlantic Airways expresses his frustration that airlines are the only companies that cannot be owned by foreign buyers in the U.S. "An airline is no different to a car company or a telephone company, " he says.
British Airways and Virgin Atlantic, the two other UK-based airlines who have ordered 787s, said they were still working towards their original delivery dates.
Faced with a big fall in Asian business, many airlines switched their jumbos to the Atlantic, where previously they might have used smaller wide-bodies.
Traditionally, intra-Asian routes have been more profitable than inter-continental flights (the opposite is true in Europe, where airlines make big profits across the Atlantic, but lose money locally).
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Atlantic Southeast, which was sold to Skywest Airlines by Delta in 2005 but continues as Delta's connector partner, tends to get short shrift during weather delays by an Air Traffic Control system that would always rather delay flights with relatively fewer people on them.
As the storm pushed toward the Mid-Atlantic region, people there were gathering supplies and airlines were canceling flights.
The trend toward smaller jets is quietly occurring over the Atlantic, too, as new advances now allow airlines to fly over the ocean with two engines instead of three or four, which makes flying smaller aircraft on the routes more feasible.
Virgin Atlantic has a new code share with Russia's second largest carrier Transaero Airlines, which allows travellers to fly direct into Moscow from London on a Virgin issued ticket and connects US cities including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston and Orlando via London to Moscow.
Airlines say demand for premium economy has been growing, especially across the Atlantic.
It is also working hard to get its main alliance with American Airlines (AA) blessed with antitrust immunity on both sides of the Atlantic.
Singapore Airlines says it is in talks to sell its 49% stake in Virgin Atlantic.
"While the outlook remains pretty overcast for the aviation industry, the winners will be those airlines that focus on offering the best customer service, " said Steve Ridgway, Virgin Atlantic's chief executive.
Airlines would also be able to charge whatever ticket prices they want, on both sides of the Atlantic.
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