The on-time performance of the nation’s largest airlines improved in January, according to the Air Travel Consumer Report released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).
According to information filed with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), a part of DOT’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), the 19 carriers reporting on-time performance recorded an overall on-time arrival rate of 78.8 percent in January, an improvement over both January 2005’s 71.4 percent and December 2005’s 71.0 percent.
The monthly report also includes data on flight cancellations and causes of flight delays, as well as information on reports of mishandled baggage filed with the carriers, and consumer service, disability and discrimination complaints received by DOT’s Aviation Consumer Protection Division. The report also includes reports required to be filed by U.S. carriers of incidents involving pets traveling by air.
On-time performance and mishandled baggage information for Mesa Airlines, which was required to begin filing this data in January, appear for the first time in this report. Also beginning with this report, America West Airlines, which recently merged with US Airways, is no longer included in the on-time, mishandled baggage or consumer complaint rankings.
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According to information filed with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), a part of DOT’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), the 19 carriers reporting on-time performance recorded an overall on-time arrival rate of 78.8 percent in January, an improvement over both January 2005’s 71.4 percent and December 2005’s 71.0 percent.
The monthly report also includes data on flight cancellations and causes of flight delays, as well as information on reports of mishandled baggage filed with the carriers, and consumer service, disability and discrimination complaints received by DOT’s Aviation Consumer Protection Division. The report also includes reports required to be filed by U.S. carriers of incidents involving pets traveling by air.
On-time performance and mishandled baggage information for Mesa Airlines, which was required to begin filing this data in January, appear for the first time in this report. Also beginning with this report, America West Airlines, which recently merged with US Airways, is no longer included in the on-time, mishandled baggage or consumer complaint rankings.
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