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Airline Consumer Complaints Up From Previous Year, March 2017
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today released its June 2017 Air Travel Consumer Report, compiling air carrier data for the month of April 2017. In April, DOT received 1,909 complaints about airline service from consumers, up 70.0 percent from the total of 1,123 filed in April 2016 and up 68.6 percent from the 1,132 received in March 2017.
Number 317 - Clarification Regarding Access to Restricted Confidential Origin and Destination Survey Data
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS OFFICE OF AIRLINE INFORMATION
ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING DIRECTIVE
No. 317 Issue Date: 3/2/2015 Effective Date: Immediately
Part: 241 Section: 19, 19-7
Purpose:...
Number 320 - Reporting the Annual ICAO BTS Supplemental E-F Reports
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS OFFICE OF AIRLINE INFORMATION
ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING DIRECTIVE
No. 320 Issue Date: 1/7/2016 Effective Date: Immediately
As a party to the Convention on International Civil Aviation (...
Number 323A - Air Carrier Groupings 2017 (Revised)
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS OFFICE OF AIRLINE INFORMATION
ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING DIRECTIVE
No. 323A Issue Date: 10-31-2016 Effective Date: 01-01-2017 Part: 241 Section: 04...Number 324 - Reporting of Fuel Costs and Consumption by Entity on the BTS Schedule P-12(a)
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS OFFICE OF AIRLINE INFORMATION
ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING DIRECTIVE
No. 324 Issue Date: 12/1/2016 Effective Date: Immediately Part: 241...
April 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, fell 0.6 percent in April from March, falling for the second consecutive month after reaching an all-time high in February, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS). The April 2017 index level (122.8) was 29.7 percent above the April 2009 low during the most recent recession (Tables 1, 2, and 2A).