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WASHINGTON Airline consumer complaints filed with DOTs Aviation Consumer Protection Division during 2015 were up 29.8 percent from 2014, according to the U.S. Department of Transportations Air Travel Consumer Report released today. For all of last year, the Department received 20,170 complaints, up from the total of 15,539 received in 2014. In December 2015,
U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 3.7 percent more workers in December 2015 than in December 2014, the U.S. Department of Transportations Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today. December was the highest monthly total (400,422) since August 2008 and was the 25th consecutive month that U.S. scheduled passenger airlines full-time equivalent
The U.S. Department of Transportations Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today that U.S. airlines systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service load factor a measure of the use of airline capacity fell to 83.8 percent in November, seasonally adjusted, after reaching a record high in October (Tables 1, 2). Seasonal
The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI), which is based on the amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry, fell 0.4 percent in December from November, declining for the second consecutive month, according to the U.S. Department of Transportations Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). The December 2015 index level (121.0) was 27.8
The average domestic air fare decreased to $372 in the third quarter of 2015, down 6.2 percent from $396 in the third quarter of 2014, falling to the lowest level since 2010, adjusted for inflation (Table 1), the U.S. Department of Transportations Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today. U.S. Average Domestic Fares, 3rd Quarter 1995-2015 |
Friday, February 5, 2016 - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) has announced the schedule for Behind the Numbers: Exploring Transportation Statistics, a new series of quarterly webinar sessions providing insight into transportation statistics and information.
The value of U.S.-NAFTA freight totaled $88.2 billion in November 2015 as all modes of transportation carried a lower total value of freight than a year earlier, according to the TransBorder Freight Data released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) (Figure 1, Table 1).
Friday, January 22, 2016 - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today updated National Transportation Statistics(NTS) – a web-only reference guide to national-level transportation data. NTS, updated quarterly, includes a wide range of national transportation information.
U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 3.4 percent more workers in November 2015 than in November 2014, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today.
WASHINGTON The reporting carriers posted an on-time arrival rate of83.7 percent in November 2015, up from the 80.6 percent on-time rate in November 2014, but down from the 87.0 percent mark in October 2015, according to the U.S. Department of Transportations Air Travel Consumer Report released today. In addition, in November, airlines reported five tarmac delays of more