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September Airline On-Time Performance Up From Previous Year and Month

WASHINGTON The reporting carriers posted an on-time arrival rate of86.5 percent in September, up from both the 81.1 percent on-time rate in September 2014 and the 80.3 percent mark in August 2015, according to the U.S. Department of Transportations Air Travel Consumer Report released today. September 2015s on-time rate was the fourth highest of the 249

September 2015 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 0.2 percent in September from the revised August level, rising after remaining unchanged in the previous month, according to the U.S. Department of Transportations Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). The September 2015 index

Directive for 2016 Airline On-Time Reporting

Friday, October 30, 2015 - 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 2016.

August 2015 North American Freight Numbers

The value of U.S.-NAFTA freight totaled $92.4 billion in August 2015 as all modes of transportation carried less value of freight than a year earlier, according to the TransBorder Freight Data released today by theU.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) (Figure 1, Table 1).

New Freight Transportation Data

WASHINGTON – U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released the first product from the newest version of the “Freight Analysis Framework,” the most comprehensive publicly available data set of freight movement.

August 2015 Passenger Airline Employment Data


U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 3.3 percent more workers in August 2015 than in August 2014, the U.S. Department of Transportations Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today.August was the 21st consecutive month that full-time equivalent (FTE) employment for U.S. scheduled passenger airlines exceededthesame month of

July 2015 U.S. Airline Traffic Data

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 rose to 84.2 percent in July, seasonally adjusted, rising for the third consecutive month (Table 1). Seasonal adjustment allows

August 2015 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 0.2 percent in August from July, rising for the second consecutive month, according to the U.S. Department of Transportations Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). The August 2015 index level (123.5) was 30.4 percent

August On-Time Performance Up From Previous Year, July 2015

WASHINGTON The nations largest airlines posted an on-time arrival rate of 80.3 percent in August, up from both the 77.7 percent on-time rate in August 2014 and the 78.1 percent mark in July 2015, according to the U.S. Department of Transportations Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) released today. In addition, the reporting carriers canceled 1.0 percent of their