2016 Flight Cancellation, Mishandled Baggage, and Bumping Rates are Lowest in Decades

WASHINGTON – In 2016, the reporting carriers canceled 1.17 percent of their scheduled domestic flights, an improvement over the 1.5 percent cancellation rate in 2015 and the lowest in the 22 years with comparable numbers, according to the Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) released today.  The previous low was 1.24 percent in 2002.  The reporting carriers canceled 1.6 percent of their scheduled domestic flights in December 2016, an improvement over the 1.7 percent cancellation rate posted in December 2015, but up from the 0.3 percent rate in November 2016.

Airline On-Time/Tarmac Data, December 2016

Behind the Numbers: Airline Financial Data

November 2016 Passenger Airline Employment Data

November 2016 Passenger Airline Employment Data Tables

The Changing Tide of U.S.-International Container Trade: Differences among the U.S. Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific Coasts

Friday, January 6, 2012 - The Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released a Special Report, The Changing Tide of U.S.-International Container Trade, examining historical U.S. maritime trends, changes in U.S. trading partners, and current U.S. marine trade patterns.

Airline Financial Data for 3rd Quarter 2011

Friday, January 6, 2012 - The U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) has released airline financial data for the third quarter of 2011.

Airlines Report One Tarmac Delay Longer than Three Hours On Domestic Flights, One Longer Than Four Hours on International Flights in November

Thursday, January 12, 2012 - Airlines reported only one tarmac delay of more than three hours on domestic flights and one tarmac delay of more than four hours on international flights in November, according to the U.S. Department of Transportations Air Travel Consumer Report.

November 2011 Passenger Airline Employment Rose 2.6 Percent from November 2010

Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 2.6 percent more workers in November 2011 than they did in November 2010, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today. 

Interactive State Transportation Facts and Figures

Friday, January 27, 2012 - The Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released State Transportation Facts and Figures, an interactive web transportation mapping application that allows customers to find state-by-state transportation data, comparisons and rankings as well as gives them the ability to download state transportation information. State Transportation Facts and Figures contains data and statistics related to each state's transportation infrastructure, transportation safety, freight movements and passenger travel, vehicle characteristics, economy and transportation finance, and transportation energy usage and the environment.