January 2017 Airline On-Time Arrival Rate Down From January 2016, Up from December 2016

WASHINGTON – The reporting carriers posted an on-time arrival rate of 76.0 percent in January 2017, down from the 81.3 percent on-time rate in January 2016, but up from the 75.6 percent mark in December 2016, according to the Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) released today. 

The reporting carriers canceled 2.0 percent of their scheduled domestic flights in January 2017, an improvement over the 2.6 percent cancellation rate posted in January 2016, but up from the 1.6 percent rate in December 2016.

January 2017 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI)

The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI), which is based on the amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry, remained unchanged in January from its December level, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS). The January 2017 index level (123.2) was 30.1 percent above the April 2009 low during the most recent recession (Tables 1, 2, and 2A).

March2017 TSI Tables

Table 9: Combined Transportation Services Index from Year-to-Year, January

Table 8: Combined Transportation Services Index Monthly Changes, 2014-2017, January

Table 7: Passenger Transportation Services Index from Year-to-Year, January

Table 6: Passenger Transportation Services Index Monthly Changes, 2014-2017, January

Table 5: Transportation Services Indexes from Previous Years, January

Table 4: Freight Transportation Services Index from Year-to-Year, January

Table 3: Freight, Passenger and Combined Transportation Services Indexes Year-to-Date Change, 2008-2017, January