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Airline On-Time Performance, Cancellation Rate in February Improve from Last Year; Mishandled Baggage Rate at All-Time Low

Thursday, April 12, 2012 - The nation's largest airlines posted an on-time arrival rate of 86.2 percent in February, up from both the 74.5 percent on-time rate of February 2011 and from January 2012's 83.7 percent rate, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation's Air Travel Consumer Report released today. The on-time arrival performance during February 2012 was the highest February percentage on record since comparable on-time data was first reported in 1995.

Multimodal Transportation Indicators: Safety Section Added

Friday, April 27, 2012 - The U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today added three new tables to the Multimodal Transportation Indicators that will track seasonal and long-term highway, aviation and rail fatality trends.

February 2012 Passenger Airline Employment Rose 2.1 Percent from February 2011

Friday, April 27, 2012 - U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 2.1 percent more workers in February 2012 than they did in February 2011, the U.S. Department of Transportations Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today.

4th-Quarter Domestic Air Fares Rose 10% from 4th Quarter 2010

Monday, April 30, 2012 - Average domestic air fares rose to $368 in the fourth quarter of 2011, up 10 percent from the average fare of $335 in the fourth quarter of 2010 (Table 1), the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today. Cincinnati had the highest average fare, $502, while Atlantic City, NJ, had the lowest, $189 (Table 3).

February 2012 Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Rose 17.4 Percent from February 2011

Tuesday, May 1, 2012 - Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American neighbors, Canada and Mexico, was 17.4 percent higher in February 2012 than in February 2011, totaling $78.1 billion (Table 1), according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Freight Shipments Fell 0.8% in March from February

Wednesday, May 9, 2012 - The amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry fell 0.8 percent in March from February, declining after a one-month increase, according to the U.S. Department of Transportations Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) released today. The March level was 16.0 percent above the April 2009 low during the recession (Tables 1, 2A).

Airlines Post Record First-Quarter On-Time Performance for First Three Months of 2012

Monday, May 14, 2012 - Between January and March this year, the nation's largest airlines posted their best on-time arrival rate for the first quarter of any year since the Department began collecting comparable flight delay data in 1995, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation's Air Travel Consumer Report released today.

4th-Quarter 2011 Airline Financial Data: Largest Airlines Report Profit

Thursday, May 17, 2012 - The largest scheduled passenger airlines reported a 1.5 percent profit margin in the fourth quarter of 2011, down from 3.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2010, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics reported today in a release of preliminary data (Table 1).

February 2012 Airline System Traffic Up 6.1 Percent from February 2011

U.S. airlines carried 107.6 million total system passengers during the first two months of 2012, up 3.7 percent from the same period in 2011 (Table 2). Domestically, they carried 93.5 million passengers, up 3.9 percent from 2011 (Table 8). Internationally, they carried 14.1 million passengers, up 1.9 percent from 2011 (Table 14). See Tables 2, 8 and 14 of Air Traffic Press Releases for previous year numbers.

March 2012 Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Highest on Record Exceeding $85 Billion for First Time

Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners, Canada and Mexico, was 6.2 percent higher in March 2012 than in March 2011, totaling $85.8 billion (Table 1), according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the U.S. Department of Transportation.

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