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Beyond merely a cultural quirk, punctuality may have economic benefits.
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It has struggled in recent years as cost-cutting ate into reliability (Ryanair, by contrast, has a good reputation for punctuality and keeping passengers together with their luggage).
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"We hold ourselves to a very rigorous standard of punctuality, " says Mark Dunkerley, Hawaiian Airlines' president and chief executive, adding that the airline considers a flight "late" if it arrives even one minute behind schedule.
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