Aviation and Drones
Airline Bumping Rate Lowest in Decades
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today released its August 2017 Air Travel Consumer Report, compiling air carrier data for the month of June 2017, second quarter of 2017, and first half of 2017. For the first six months of this year, the 12 U.S. carriers who report involuntary denied boarding, or bumping, data posted a bumping rate of 0.52 per 10,000 passengers, the lowest January through June rate based on historical data dating back to 1995 and down from the rate of 0.62 posted during the first six months of 2016. For the second quarter of 2017, the carriers posted a bumping rate of 0.44 per 10,000 passengers, the lowest quarterly rate based on historical data dating back to 1995 and down from the rate of 0.62 posted in both the second quarter of 2016 and the first quarter of 2017.
Distribution of Transportation Fatalities by Mode
KEY: N = data do not exist; NA = not applicable; R = revised.
a Light trucks are defined as trucks of 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating or less, including pickups, vans, truck-based station wagons, and utility vehicles. Large trucks are defined as trucks over 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating, including single-unit trucks and truck tractors.
b Includes occupants of other vehicle types, other nonmotorists, and unknown. For 1960-70, the U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety...
BTS Directive: 18 Airlines to Report 2018 On-Time Performance and Denied Boarding Data
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS) has designated 18 U.S. airlines to report 2018 on-time performance and denied boarding data for domestic flights and 13 U.S. airlines to report 2018 mishandled baggage data for domestic flights.
Lists of Reporting Air Carriers and Reportable Airports, for On-Time Performance and Oversales Data
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONBUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICSOFFICE OF AIRLINE INFORMATION
TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PARTS 234 AND 250REPORTING AIR CARRIERS
ISSUE DATE: July 27, 2017 EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2018
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics is...