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September 2014 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, rose 0.3 percent in September from August, rising for the third consecutive month, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics. The September 2014 index level (121.5) was 28.5 percent above the April 2009 low during the most recent recession (Tables 1, 2, and 2A).

Airline Consumer Complaints Up From Previous Year

WASHINGTON Airline consumer complaints filed with DOTs Aviation Consumer Protection Division during the first nine months of this year were up 18.2 percent from the first nine months of 2013, according to the U.S. Department of Transportations Air Travel Consumer Report released today. From January to September 2014, the Department received 12,350 consumer

2nd-Quarter 2014 Air Fare Data

The average domestic air fare increased to $396 in the second quarter of 2014, up 2.5 percent from the average fare of $386 in the second quarter of 2013, adjusted for inflation (Table 1), the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today.  

August 2014 North American Freight Numbers

U.S.-NAFTA freight totaled $100.6 billion in August 2014 as all five major transportation modes – air, vessel, pipeline, rail, and trucks – carried more U.S.-NAFTA freight than in August 2013, 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).

August 2014 Passenger Airline Employment Data

U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 384,478 workers in August 2014, 1.0 percent more than in August 2013, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today.

July 2014 U.S. Airline Traffic Data

The U.S. Department of Transportations Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today that U.S. airlines carried 71.8 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in July 2014, 3.8 percent more than in July 2013. The systemwide total was the result of a 4.0 percent increase in the number of passengers on domestic flights (61.7

Directive for 2015 Airline On-Time Reporting

Friday, October 10, 2014 - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today issued its annual directive detailing the requirements for the reporting of airline on-time data for calendar year 2015. In 2015, BTS will receive reports from 14 airlines. Spirit Airlines will be required to report for the first time in 2015 while Southwest Airlines and AirTran Airways will begin reporting jointly. American Airlines and US Airways will continue to report separately.

August Airline On-Time Performance Down From Previous Year, Up From July

WASHINGTON The nations largest airlines posted an on-time arrival rate of77.7 percent in August, down from the 78.8 percent on-time rate in August 2013, but up from the 75.6 percent mark in July 2014, according to the U.S. Department of Transportations Air Travel Consumer Report released today. In addition, the reporting carriers canceled 1.2 percent of their

August 2014 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, rose 0.6 percent in August from July, rising for the second consecutive month, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS).