| US Department of Transportation
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U.S. Department
of Transportation
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Air Travel Consumer Report
A Product Of The
Office of Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings
Aviation Consumer Protection Division
| | Issued: May 2008 |
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|[pic] |Flight Delays1 March 2008 |
| |12 Months Ending March 2008 |
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| |Mishandled Baggage1 March 2008 |
| |January-March 2008 |
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| |Oversales1 1st Quarter 2008 |
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| |Consumer Complaints2 March 2008 |
| |(Includes Disability and January-March 2008 |
| |Discrimination Complaints) |
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| |Customer Service Reports to |
| |the Dept. of Homeland Security3 March 2008 |
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| |Airline Animal Incident Reports4 March 2008 |
1 Data collected by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Website:
2 Data compiled by the Aviation Consumer Protection Division. Website:
3 Data provided by the Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration
4 Data collected by the Aviation Consumer Protection Division
Table of Contents
Section Page
Introduction ......................…2
Flight Delays
Explanation ......................…3
Table 1 ......................…4
Overall Percentage of Reported Flight
Operations Arriving On Time, by Carrier
Table 1A ......................…5
Overall Percentage of Reported Flight
Operations Arriving On Time and Carrier Rank,
by Month, Quarter, and Data Base to Date
Table 2 ......................…6
Number of Reported Flight Arrivals and Percentage
Arriving On Time, by Carrier and Airport
Table 3 ....................…10
Percentage of All Carriers' Reported Flight Operations
Arriving On Time, by Airport and Time of Day
Table 4 ....................…12
Percentage of All Carriers' Reported Flight Operations
Departing On Time, by Airport and Time of Day
Table 5 ....................…14
List of Regularly Scheduled Flights
Arriving Late 80% of the Time or More (Check for all pages)
Table 6 ........................16
Number and Percentage of Regularly
Scheduled Flights Arriving Late 70% of the
Time or More
Table 7 ........................17
On-Time Arrival and Departure
Percentage, by Airport
Table 8 ........................21
Overall Number and Percentage of Flight
Cancellations, by Carrier
Table 9 ........................22
Flight Causation Data, By Airline and Category
Table 10 ........................23
Flight Causation Data, Graphic Representation
Footnotes ........................24
Appendix ........................25
Section Page
Mishandled Baggage
Explanation ....................…..26
Ranking--Month ....................…..27
Ranking—YTD ..................…....28
Oversales
Explanation ....................…..29
Ranking—1st Qtr ..................…....30
Consumer Complaints
Explanation ....................…..31
Complaint Tables 1-5 …….......……...32
Summary, Complaint Categories, U.S. Airlines,
Incident Date, and Companies Other Than
U.S. Airlines
Rankings, Table 6 (Month) ………..............37
Complaint Tables 1-4 (YTD) ………………38 Summary, Complaint Categories, U.S. Airlines,
and Companies Other Than U.S. Airlines
Rankings, Table 5 (YTD) ………..............42
Complaint Categories ………..............43
Customer Service Reports to the
Department of Homeland Security 44
Airline Reports to DOT of Incidents Involving
the Loss, Injury, or Death of Animals
During Air Transportation 45
INTRODUCTION
The Air Travel Consumer Report is a monthly product of the Department of Transportation's Office of Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings (OAEP). The report is designed to assist consumers with information on the quality of services provided by the airlines.
The report is divided into six sections (Flight Delays, Mishandled Baggage, Oversales, Consumer Complaints, Customer Service Reports to the Transportation Security Administration, and Airline Reports of the Loss, Injury, or Death of Animals During Air Transportation). The sections that deal with flight delays, mishandled baggage and oversales are based on data collected by the Department’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics. The section that deals with consumer complaints is based on data compiled by the OAEP’s Aviation Consumer Protection Division (ACPD). The section that deals with customer service reports to the Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is based on data provided by TSA. The section that deals with animal incidents during air transport is based on reports required to be submitted by airlines to the ACPD. Each section of the report is preceded by a brief explanation of how to read and understand the information provided.
The report normally is released by the end of the first week of each month. The report is available via the Internet at
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FLIGHT DELAYS
This section provides information about airline on-time performance, flight delays, and cancellations. It is based on data filed by airlines each month with the Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (Office of Airline Information), as described in 14 CFR Part 234 of DOT's regulations. It covers nonstop scheduled-service flights between points within the United States (including territories) by the eighteen (18) U.S. air carriers that have at least one percent of total domestic scheduled-service passenger revenues, and the one (1)* carrier that currently reports flight delay data voluntarily.
The rule requires carriers to currently report on operations to and from the 32 U.S. airports that account for at least one percent of the nation's total domestic scheduled-service passenger enplanements (see Appendix for a complete list of the reportable airports). However, all reporting airlines have voluntarily provided data for their entire domestic systems, and that information is included in this report.
A flight is counted as "on time" if it operated less than 15 minutes after the scheduled time shown in the carriers' Computerized Reservations Systems (CRS). All tables in this report except Table 4 are based on gate arrival times; Table 4 is based on gate departure times.
In fulfilling DOT’s data reporting requirements, the reporting air carriers use automated and/or manual systems for collecting flight data. Those using an automated system rely on the Aircraft Communication Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS) or the Docking Guidance System (DGS). Based on the latest information available to DOT, of the 20 reporting air carriers, 13 carriers (AirTran, American Eagle, Continental, Delta, ExpressJet, Frontier, Hawaiian, JetBlue, Northwest, Pinnacle, Southwest, United, and US Airways) use ACARS exclusively; 1 carrier (American) uses a combination of ACARS and DGS; 1 carrier (Comair) records arrival times manually; and 4 carriers (Alaska, Atlantic Southeast, Mesa, and SkyWest) use a combination of ACARS and manual reporting systems.
As indicated above, a carrier may voluntarily file data for its entire domestic system. Tables 2, 3, and 4 are limited to the 32 required or "reportable" airports; Tables 5, 6 and 7 contain data on flights to/from all airports that were reported. Tables 1 and 8 each have one column for the 32 "reportable" airports and another for all of the airports reported; see footnote C for additional explanation.
Tables 1 through 4 display percentages of flight operations that were on time, while Tables 5 and 6 show service that was late. Tables 1, 1A, and 2 present data by carrier; airlines are ranked by performance in Table 1 and are listed in alphabetical order by carrier code in Table 2 (see Appendix for codes). Beginning with the February 1988 report, Table 1A shows carrier rankings by month and time-series data on the percentage of flight operations that arrived on time.
Tables 3 and 4 provide information by airport and time of day. Table 5 is a list of the most frequently delayed flights, showing the percentage of each flight operation that was late that month and the average and median number of minutes the flight was late. The flights with the highest percentage of late operations are listed first in Table 5; where percentages are identical, flights are listed alphabetically by carrier code. Table 6, like Tables 1, 1A, and 2, presents data by carrier, but lists the carriers in rank order from worst to best based on the number of flights which were late 70% of the time or more. Table 7 lists more than 200 cities in alphabetical order with the corresponding on-time arrival and departure percentages.
Tables 3, 4, and 5 contain information on the time of day that a flight operated. All times are local. A 10:50 a.m. departure from Atlanta is 10:50 a.m. Atlanta time; if that flight arrived in Dallas at 11:45 a.m., that is 11:45 a.m. Dallas time. If a flight's scheduled operating time changed during the month, Table 5 shows the time that was in effect for the last flight operation performed that month.
Table 8 displays the number of operations, number of flight cancellations, and percentage of cancellations by air carrier for the reportable airports and for the air carriers’ domestic system.
Table 9 displays airline flight delay causation data by categories and Table 10 provides an overall graphic representation of that data.
Except for the flights listed in Table 5, this report provides summary information - it does not show the on-time record of individual flights. The on-time performance for individual markets and flights can be searched at
Airline Service Quality Performance data from the most recent six months is available for free download as a CD product from the BTS Bookstore at CDs for earlier months can be purchased by sending an email to: Orders@ Additional summary data for airports and airlines can be found at BTS’ Flight Delays at-a-Glance at:
Cause of delay data for airports and airlines can be found at:
Information on the performance of specific flights is displayed on the CRS used by most airlines and travel agencies. Each of the reporting carriers' flights have a one-digit code between 0 and 9 representing that flight's percentage of on-time operations for the latest reported month. For example, "8" means that flight arrived on time (within 15 minutes) between 80% and 89.9% of the time during the latest reported month.
*Pinnacle Airlines currently reports flight delay data voluntarily, as permitted by Part 234. Aloha Airlines, which had reported data voluntarily for January and February 2008, ceased all flight operations on March 31. Effective with this issued report, Aloha is no longer a ranked airline.
MARCH 2008
AIR TRAVEL CONSUMER REPORT
TABLE 1. OVERALL PERCENTAGE OF REPORTED FLIGHT OPERATIONS ARRIVING ON TIME BY CARRIER *
| |AT 32 REPORTABLE AIRPORTS B/ |AT ALL REPORTABLE AIRPORTS C/ |
|CARRIER A/ |NUMBER OF |PERCENT OF |NUMBER OF |PERCENT OF |
| |AIRPORTS |ARRIVALS |AIRPORTS |ARRIVALS |
| |REPORTED |ON TIME D/ |REPORTED |ON TIME D/ |
|US AIRWAYS S/ |30 |78.7 |82 |79.1 |
|ALASKA AIRLINES S/ |16 |76.8 |45 |78.0 |
|SKYWEST AIRLINES S/ |22 |79.1 |151 |77.8 |
|MESA AIRLINE S/ |21 |75.3 |119 |75.8 |
|SOUTHWEST AIRLINES S/ |19 |74.9 |64 |74.4 |
|FRONTIER AIRLINES S/ |22 |73.4 |41 |73.4 |
|DELTA AIR LINES S/ |31 |71.9 |95 |71.7 |
|UNITED AIRLINES S/ |31 |71.9 |86 |71.7 |
|PINNACLE AIRLINES S/V/ |15 |73.9 |111 |71.5 |
|JETBLUE AIRWAYS S/ |19 |70.2 |45 |70.7 |
|NORTHWEST AIRLINES S/ |30 |70.9 |98 |70.1 |
|AIRTRAN AIRWAYS S/ |24 |69.5 |55 |70.0 |
|ATLANTIC SOUTHEAST AIRLINES S/ |11 |69.3 |122 |69.1 |
|CONTINENTAL AIRLINES S/ |28 |67.9 |68 |68.4 |
|EXPRESSJET AIRLINES S/ |29 |66.0 |123 |67.8 |
|AMERICAN EAGLE S/ |18 |67.2 |114 |66.4 |
|COMAIR S/ |23 |65.7 |85 |66.0 |
|AMERICAN AIRLINES S/ |30 |62.0 |79 |62.0 |
|TOTAL |
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|SCHEDULED |
|ARRIVAL TIME |
|SCHEDULED |
|ARRIVAL TIME |
|SCHEDULED |
|DEPARTURE TIME |
|SCHEDULED |MDW |MIA |
|DEPARTURE TIME | | |
| | |NUMBER |PERCENTAGE |
|EXPRESSJET |1,261 |43 |3.4 |
|JETBLUE |583 |16 |2.7 |
|SOUTHWEST |3,461 |81 |2.3 |
|AMERICAN |1,728 |38 |2.2 |
|COMAIR |666 |13 |2.0 |
|AIRTRAN |762 |14 |1.8 |
|CONTINENTAL |933 |17 |1.8 |
|AMERICAN EAGLE |1,424 |11 |0.8 |
|UNITED |1,330 |10 |0.8 |
|SKYWEST |1,714 |8 |0.5 |
|ATLANTIC SOUTHEAST |801 |3 |0.4 |
|FRONTIER |268 |1 |0.4 |
|ALASKA |418 |1 |0.2 |
|NORTHWEST |1,066 |2 |0.2 |
|DELTA |1,346 |2 |0.1 |
|US AIRWAYS |1,337 |0 |0.0 |
|PINNACLE |750 |0 |0.0 |
|MESA |677 |0 |0.0 |
|HAWAIIAN |154 |0 |0.0 |
|TOTAL |20,679 |260 |1.3 |
For simplicity, statistics are displayed to one decimal place. Actual ranking order is based on our computer carrying out the number of decimal places to nine.
MARCH 2008
AIR TRAVEL CONSUMER REPORT
TABLE 7. ON-TIME ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE PERCENTAGE BY AIRPORT
|CITY (AIRPORT) |PERCENT |REPORTED |
| |ON-TIME |OPERATIONS |
| |ARR. |DEP. |ARR. |DEP. |
|SYRACUSE NY (SYR) |68.4 |75.1 |1,128 |1,128 |
|TALLAHASSEE FL (TLH) |68.8 |72.3 |449 |448 |
|TAMPA FL (TPA) |71.9 |75.4 |7,656 |7,656 |
|TELLURIDE CO (TEX) |80.6 |80.6 |62 |62 |
|TEXARKANA AR (TXK) |60.6 |69.1 |94 |94 |
|TOLEDO OH (TOL) |72.4 |75.3 |145 |146 |
|TRAVERSE CITY MI (TVC) |66.8 |77.9 |250 |249 |
|TUCSON AZ (TUS) |78.0 |84.4 |2,660 |2,659 |
|TULSA OK (TUL) |69.0 |78.3 |2,125 |2,124 |
|TWIN FALLS ID (TWF) |81.5 |89.9 |184 |178 |
|TYLER TX (TYR) |64.5 |74.2 |155 |155 |
|VALDOSTA GA (VLD) |68.5 |80.9 |89 |89 |
|VALPARAISO FL (VPS) |63.3 |76.4 |596 |598 |
|WACO TX (ACT) |62.7 |75.0 |177 |176 |
|WASHINGTON DC (DCA) |74.3 |79.5 |7,401 |7,398 |
|WASHINGTON DC (IAD) |74.1 |76.5 |6,886 |6,892 |
|WATERLOO IA (ALO) |65.4 |73.1 |26 |26 |
|WAUSAU/MARSHFIELD WI (CWA) |61.5 |66.9 |117 |118 |
|WEST PALM BEACH/PALM BEACH FL (PBI) |69.9 |74.7 |3,062 |3,060 |
|WHITE PLAINS NY (HPN) |71.3 |77.4 |928 |928 |
|WICHITA FALLS TX (SPS) |65.5 |74.4 |206 |207 |
|WICHITA KS (ICT) |67.9 |75.9 |1,252 |1,252 |
|WILMINGTON NC (ILM) |75.0 |76.6 |252 |252 |
|WRANGELL AK (WRG) |71.0 |79.0 |62 |62 |
|YAKIMA WA (YKM) |71.7 |88.7 |53 |53 |
|YAKUTAT AK (YAK) |75.8 |88.7 |62 |62 |
|YUMA AZ (YUM) |85.2 |85.4 |372 |371 |
MARCH 2008
AIR TRAVEL CONSUMER REPORT
TABLE 8. OVERALL NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS
BY CARRIER
|CARRIER A/ |AT 32 REPORTABLE AIRPORTS B/ |AT ALL REPORTABLE AIRPORTS C/ |
| |NUMBER OF |FLIGHT |
| |AIRPORTS |OPERATIONS |
| |REPORTED |SCHEDULED |
MISHANDLED BAGGAGE
This section gives the rate of mishandled-baggage reports per 1,000 passengers by carrier and for the industry. The rate is based on the total number of reports each carrier received from passengers concerning lost, damaged, delayed or pilfered baggage. The reports of mishandled baggage do not distinguish between carriers that interline and those that do not. As with the data on flight delays in the previous section, these baggage statistics are filed with DOT’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (Office of Airline Information) on a monthly basis by U.S. airlines that have at least one percent of total domestic scheduled-service passenger revenues, plus any other airline that voluntarily submits the data. See 14 CFR Part 234.
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MARCH
MISHANDLED BAGGAGE REPORTS FILED BY PASSENGERS
U.S. AIRLINES*
| |MARCH 2008 | |MARCH 2007 |
|RANK |AIRLINE | |ENPLANED PASSENGERS |REPORTS | |TOTAL BAGGAGE |ENPLANED PASSENGERS |REPORTS |
| | |TOTAL BAGGAGE| |PER 1,000 PASSENGERS | |REPORTS | |PER 1,000 PASSENGERS |
| | |REPORTS | | | | | | |
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|1 |HAWAIIAN AIRLINES |1,511 |618,526 |2.44 | |2,331 |612,430 |3.81 |
|2 |JETBLUE AIRWAYS |7,033 |2,005,244 |3.51 | |11,844 |1,994,952 |5.94 |
|3 |AIRTRAN AIRWAYS |8,620 |2,266,762 |3.80 | |8,841 |2,086,191 |4.24 |
|4 |NORTHWEST AIRLINES |16,853 |3,686,920 |4.57 | |22,366 |4,012,443 |5.57 |
|5 |UNITED AIRLINES |23,932 |4,920,724 |4.86 | |33,920 |5,317,182 |6.38 |
|6 |ALASKA AIRLINES |6,907 |1,365,551 |5.06 | |6,679 |1,280,740 |5.21 |
|7 |SOUTHWEST AIRLINES |52,273 |9,526,207 |5.49 | |63,919 |8,819,465 |7.25 |
|8 |CONTINENTAL AIRLINES |18,458 |3,353,261 |5.50 | |22,950 |3,392,187 |6.77 |
|9 |FRONTIER AIRLINES |5,671 |879,242 |6.45 | |5,327 |911,564 |5.84 |
|10 |US AIRWAYS |31,403 |4,528,250 |6.93 | |52,675 |4,819,173 |10.93 |
|11 |AMERICAN AIRLINES |48,019 |6,543,506 |7.34 | |47,431 |6,942,149 |6.83 |
|12 |DELTA AIR LINES |44,209 |5,593,898 |7.90 | |44,537 |5,812,686 |7.66 |
|13 |EXPRESSJET AIRLINES |11,568 |1,382,496 |8.37 | |16,038 |1,345,239 |11.92 |
|14 |MESA AIRLINES |8,580 |984,250 |8.72 | |12,356 |1,216,604 |10.16 |
|15 |SKYWEST AIRLINES |18,374 |1,901,930 |9.66 | |21,986 |1,894,469 |11.61 |
|16 |COMAIR |7,682 |781,119 |9.83 | |11,224 |815,409 |13.76 |
|17 |AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES |17,782 |1,395,714 |12.74 | |21,928 |1,535,239 |14.28 |
|18 |PINNACLE AIRLINES |11,465 |866,984 |13.22 | |6,998 |819,194 |8.54 |
|19 |ATLANTIC SOUTHEAST AIRLINES |16,892 |1,076,687 |15.69 | |9,288 |1,012,019 |9.18 |
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| |TOTALS ** |357,232 |53,677,271 |
|RANK |AIRLINE | |ENPLANED PASSENGERS |REPORTS | |TOTAL BAGGAGE |ENPLANED PASSENGERS |REPORTS |
| | |TOTAL BAGGAGE| |PER 1,000 PASSENGERS | |REPORTS | |PER 1,000 PASSENGERS |
| | |REPORTS | | | | | | |
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|1 |HAWAIIAN AIRLINES |4,579 |1,755,839 |2.61 | |6,299 |1,687,181 |3.73 |
|2 |AIRTRAN AIRWAYS |20,854 |5,907,747 |3.53 | |20,067 |5,228,967 |3.84 |
|3 |JETBLUE AIRWAYS |19,209 |5,384,414 |3.57 | |29,463 |5,161,011 |5.71 |
|4 |NORTHWEST AIRLINES |47,219 |9,959,971 |4.74 | |62,582 |10,626,115 |5.89 |
|5 |CONTINENTAL AIRLINES |45,325 |9,094,979 |4.98 | |53,170 |9,169,890 |5.80 |
|6 |UNITED AIRLINES |72,104 |13,010,208 |5.54 | |110,288 |14,186,802 |7.77 |
|7 |ALASKA AIRLINES |20,545 |3,619,711 |5.68 | |17,953 |3,401,586 |5.28 |
|8 |SOUTHWEST AIRLINES |151,795 |25,309,872 |6.00 | |165,834 |23,413,754 |7.08 |
|9 |FRONTIER AIRLINES |15,675 |2,400,793 |6.53 | |18,360 |2,305,323 |7.96 |
|10 |US AIRWAYS |88,185 |12,464,522 |7.07 | |122,038 |13,038,063 |9.36 |
|11 |AMERICAN AIRLINES |134,416 |18,362,730 |7.32 | |148,234 |18,802,248 |7.88 |
|12 |DELTA AIR LINES |112,843 |14,885,486 |7.58 | |119,486 |15,171,546 |7.88 |
|13 |EXPRESSJET AIRLINES |31,201 |3,728,744 |8.37 | |37,676 |3,694,200 |10.20 |
|14 |COMAIR |19,212 |2,079,137 |9.24 | |31,613 |2,128,918 |14.85 |
|15 |MESA AIRLINES |27,408 |2,761,722 |9.92 | |38,169 |3,275,653 |11.65 |
|16 |SKYWEST AIRLINES |58,960 |5,125,472 |11.50 | |74,165 |5,106,915 |14.52 |
|17 |PINNACLE AIRLINES |28,834 |2,389,172 |12.07 | |20,634 |2,148,213 |9.61 |
|18 |AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES |51,084 |3,905,491 |13.08 | |66,871 |4,157,974 |16.08 |
|19 |ATLANTIC SOUTHEAST AIRLINES |38,449 |2,922,350 |13.16 | |27,229 |2,644,327 |10.30 |
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| |TOTALS ** |987,897 |145,|6.81 |
| | | |068,| |
| | | |360 | |
| |AIRLINE |DENIED BOARDINGS (DB’S) |Enplaned Passengers |Involuntary DB’s| | DENIED BOARDINGS (DB’S) |Enplaned Passengers |Involuntary |
| | | | |per 10,000 psgrs| | | |DB’s per 10,000|
|RANK | | | | | | | |psgrs |
| | |Volunta|Involuntary |
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| |COMPLAINTS |OPINIO|COMPLIMENTS |
| | |NS | |
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|COMPLAINT CATEGORY |RANKING |COMPLAINTS** |SUB-CATEGORY | |RANKING |COMPLAINTS** |SUB-CATEGORY |
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|FLIGHT PROBLEMS |1 |334 | | |1 |439 | |
| CANCELLATIONS | | |137 | | | |213 |
| DELAYS | | |113 | | | |107 |
| MISCONNECTIONS | | |44 | | | |58 |
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|BAGGAGE |2 |185 | | |2 |282 | |
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|CUSTOMER SERVICE |3 |128 | | |3 |146 | |
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|RES/TKTG/BOARDING |4 |120 | | |4 |132 | |
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|REFUNDS |5 |75 | | |5 |110 | |
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|OVERSALES |6 |59 | | |7 |51 | |
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|DISABILITY |7 |43 | | |8 |37 | |
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|FARES |8 |30 | | |9 |35 | |
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|OTHER |8 |30 | | |6 |61 | |
| FREQUENT FLYER | | |25 | | | |22 |
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|DISCRIMINATION |10 |6 | | |10 |8 | |
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|ADVERTISING |11 |3 | | |11 |5 | |
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|ANIMALS |12 |0 | | |12 |1 | |
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|COMPLAINT TOTAL | |1,0| |
| | |13 | |
| | | | |COMPLAINTS | | | |COMPLAINTS |
| | | |SYSTEMWIDE |PER 100,000 | | |SYSTEMWIDE |PER 100,000 |
|RANK |AIRLINE |COMPLAINTS |ENPLANEMENTS |ENPLANEMENTS | |COMPLAINTS |ENPLANEMENTS |ENPLANEMENTS |
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|1 |EXPRESSJET AIRLINES |4 |1,525,976 |0.26 | |2 |1,477,849 |0.14 |
|2 |SKYWEST AIRLINES |6 |1,895,255 |0.32 | |12 |1,881,546 |0.64 |
|3 |SOUTHWEST AIRLINES |37 |9,321,742 |0.40 | |22 |8,636,687 |0.25 |
|4 |JETBLUE AIRWAYS |12 |2,062,793 |0.58 | |21 |1,885,260 |1.11 |
|5 |ALASKA AIRLINES |9 |1,536,992 |0.59 | |11 |1,448,248 |0.76 |
|6 |HAWAIIAN AIRLINES |5 |608,828 |0.82 | |3 |609,812 |0.49 |
|7 |COMAIR |7 |795,060 |0.88 | |7 |832,875 |0.84 |
|8 |FRONTIER AIRLINES |9 |926,881 |0.97 | |7 |871,743 |0.80 |
|9 |NORTHWEST AIRLINES |45 |4,585,980 |0.98 | |74 |4,860,236 |1.52 |
|10 |AIRTRAN AIRWAYS |23 |2,198,058 |1.05 | |11 |2,034,728 |0.54 |
|11 |ATLANTIC SOUTHEAST AIRLINES |12 |1,116,107 |1.08 | |10 |1,056,835 |0.95 |
|12 |CONTINENTAL AIRLINES |49 |4,365,284 |1.12 | |42 |4,265,536 |0.98 |
|13 |PINNACLE AIRLINES |11 |876,294 |1.26 | |12 |836,410 |1.43 |
|14 |MESA AIRLINES |12 |948,463 |1.27 | |9 |1,190,561 |0.76 |
|15 |AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES |19 |1,428,386 |1.33 | |13 |1,557,833 |0.83 |
|16 |AMERICAN AIRLINES |120 |8,241,368 |1.46 | |164 |8,580,751 |1.91 |
|17 |DELTA AIR LINES |101 |6,451,356 |1.57 | |125 |6,583,330 |1.90 |
|18 |US AIRWAYS |97 |4,959,011 |1.96 | |232 |5,216,310 |4.45 |
|19 |UNITED AIRLINES |115 |5,748,730 |2.00 | |159 |6,133,217 |2.59 |
| | TOTAL ** |693 |59,592,564 |
| |COMPLAINTS |OPINIO|COMPLIMENTS |
| | |NS | |
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|COMPLAINT CATEGORY |RANKING |COMPLAINTS** |SUB-CATEGORY | |RANKING |COMPLAINTS** |SUB-CATEGORY |
| | | | | | | | |
|FLIGHT PROBLEMS |1 |1,038 | | |1 |909 | |
| CANCELLATIONS | | |440 | | | |420 |
| DELAYS | | |322 | | | |231 |
| MISCONNECTIONS | | |156 | | | |127 |
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|BAGGAGE |2 |665 | | |2 |708 | |
| | | | | | | | |
|CUSTOMER SERVICE |3 |373 | | |3 |309 | |
| | | | | | | | |
|RES/TKTG/BOARDING |4 |350 | | |4 |296 | |
| | | | | | | | |
|REFUNDS |5 |211 | | |5 |229 | |
| | | | | | | | |
|OVERSALES |6 |149 | | |6 |116 | |
| | | | | | | | |
|DISABILITY |7 |122 | | |8 |86 | |
| | | | | | | | |
|FARES |8 |93 | | |9 |78 | |
| | | | | | | | |
|OTHER |9 |81 | | |7 |111 | |
| FREQUENT FLYER | | |66 | | | |50 |
| | | | | | | | |
|DISCRIMINATION |10 |26 | | |10 |24 | |
| | | | | | | | |
|ADVERTISING |11 |11 | | |11 |17 | |
| | | | | | | | |
|ANIMALS |12 |2 | | |12 |4 | |
| | | | | | | | |
|COMPLAINT TOTAL | |3,1| |
| | |21 | |
| | | | |COMPLAINTS | | | |COMPLAINTS |
| | | |SYSTEMWIDE |PER 100,000 | | |SYSTEMWIDE |PER 100,000 |
|RANK |AIRLINE |COMPLAINTS |ENPLANEMENTS |ENPLANEMENTS | |COMPLAINTS |ENPLANEMENTS |ENPLANEMENTS |
| | | | | | | | | |
|1 |SOUTHWEST AIRLINES |82 |24,736,915 |0.33 | |62 |22,916,870 |0.27 |
|2 |EXPRESSJET AIRLINES |20 |4,131,209 |0.48 | |10 |4,058,399 |0.25 |
|3 |ALASKA AIRLINES |23 |4,079,763 |0.56 | |28 |3,862,476 |0.72 |
|4 |JETBLUE AIRWAYS |38 |5,498,886 |0.69 | |59 |4,956,432 |1.19 |
|5 |HAWAIIAN AIRLINES |15 |1,732,779 |0.87 | |11 |1,678,599 |0.66 |
|6 |SKYWEST AIRLINES |45 |5,093,197 |0.88 | |46 |5,072,700 |0.91 |
|7 |AIRTRAN AIRWAYS |57 |5,715,378 |1.00 | |33 |5,077,730 |0.65 |
|8 |NORTHWEST AIRLINES |136 |12,324,805 |1.10 | |143 |12,884,023 |1.11 |
|9 |ATLANTIC SOUTHEAST AIRLINES |34 |3,019,939 |1.13 | |21 |2,760,198 |0.76 |
|10 |FRONTIER AIRLINES |30 |2,474,104 |1.21 | |16 |2,274,459 |0.70 |
|11 |CONTINENTAL AIRLINES |143 |11,706,249 |1.22 | |96 |11,464,633 |0.84 |
|12 |COMAIR |27 |2,118,148 |1.27 | |25 |2,174,064 |1.15 |
|13 |MESA AIRLINES |34 |2,658,904 |1.28 | |19 |3,223,834 |0.59 |
|14 |AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES |66 |3,995,095 |1.65 | |37 |4,211,600 |0.88 |
|15 |AMERICAN AIRLINES |384 |23,050,529 |1.67 | |406 |23,304,354 |1.74 |
|16 |PINNACLE AIRLINES |47 |2,463,437 |1.91 | |26 |2,190,225 |1.19 |
|17 |DELTA AIR LINES |330 |17,050,299 |1.94 | |274 |17,156,364 |1.60 |
|18 |US AIRWAYS |294 |13,535,935 |2.17 | |368 |13,979,985 |2.63 |
|19 |UNITED AIRLINES |343 |15,250,167 |2.25 | |364 |16,350,293 |2.23 |
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|# of Complaints |
| | | | |
|Number of Damage Claims Received |
|Checkpoint (TSA) |% of Total Passengers |Checked Baggage (TSA |% of Total Checked Bags |
| |Screened |and/or Airline) |Screened |
|262 |.0004 |1193 |.002 |
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|NOTES |
|a Under Section 421(a) of Vision 100--Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act, Public Law 108-176 (December 12, 2003), 49 U.S.C. 329(e), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), through its Transportation Security |
|Administration (TSA), has provided this customer service report on passenger and baggage screening complaints and incidents to the Department of Transportation. |
|b The TSA Contact Center can be reached via e-mail, TSA-ContactCenter@, or phone, 1-866-289-9673. Contact Center representatives are available 24 hours a day. |
|c The percentage is based on the number of reports divided by the number of passengers or number of bags screened by TSA in the month of March. |
| |
|As of October 2007, TSA now calculates the number of checked bags screened. In the past, TSA used data provided by the Air Transport Association to calculate number of checked bags screened. |
| | | | |
|Alaska | |1 | |
|American |1 |1 | |
|Delta |1 | | |
|Hawaiian |1 | | |
|Total |3 |2 |0 |
* All U.S. airlines with at least one percent of total domestic scheduled-service passenger revenues, as determined by DOT’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics, plus other carriers that report flight delay data voluntarily (Pinnacle). The carriers that are ranked in this table are the same carriers that are ranked in the “Flight Delays” and “Consumer Complaints” sections of this report.
** Aloha Airlines was ranked in this section every month during 2007, and for the months of January and February 2008. The carrier’s ranking in this table ceased effective with this report as a result of its cessation of all flight operations on March 31, 2008. Totals for March 2007 reflect the deletion of Aloha’s data for that month.
* All U.S. airlines with at least one percent of total domestic scheduled-service passenger revenues, as determined by DOT’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics, plus other carriers that report flight delay data voluntarily (Pinnacle). The carriers that are ranked in this table are the same carriers that are ranked in the “Flight Delays” and “Consumer Complaints” sections of this report.
** Aloha Airlines was ranked in this section every month during 2007, and for the months of January and February 2008. The carrier’s ranking in this table ceased effective with this report as a result of its cessation of all flight operations on March 31, 2008. Totals for January-March (2007 and 2008) reflect the deletion of Aloha’s data for that period.
* U.S. Airlines with at least one percent of total domestic scheduled-service passenger revenues that operate aircraft with a passenger capacity of more than 60 seats. Pinnacle Airlines’ ranking in this table effective the 4th quarter 2007. The entire fleet of ExpressJet Airlines (ranked in the “Flight Delays,” “Mishandled Baggage,” and “Consumer Complaints” sections of the ATCR) consists of aircraft with 60 seats or less.
** Aloha Airlines ceased all flight operations on March 31, 2008. Aloha’s ranking in this table ceased effective with this report. The carrier was ranked in this table for each of the four quarters in 2007. Totals for January-March 2007 reflect the deletion of Aloha’s data for that quarter.
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* A DETAILED EXPLANATION OF THE COMPLAINT CATEGORIES IS ATTACHED.
** INCLUDES FIGURES FOR SUB-CATEGORIES.
* A DETAILED EXPLANATION OF THE COMPLAINT CATEGORIES FOLLOWS THIS SECTION.
** AIRLINES ARE LISTED INDIVIDUALY IF DOT RECEIVED FIVE (5) OR MORE COMPLAINTS AGAINST THEM DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD. COMPLAINTS AGAINST U.S. AIRLINES ACCOUNTING FOR FEWER COMPLAINTS THAN THAT ARE INCLUDED UNDER ‘OTHER U.S. AIRLINES.’
*AIRLINES ARE LISTED INDIVIDUALLY IF DOT RECEIVED FIVE (5) OR MORE COMPLAINTS AGAINST THEM DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD. COMPLAINTS AGAINST U.S. AIRLINES ACCOUNTING FOR FEWER COMPLAINTS THAN THAT ARE INCLUDED UNDER 'OTHER U.S. AIRLINES.’
* COMPANIES ARE LISTED INDIVIDUALLY IF DOT RECEIVED FIVE (5) OR MORE COMPLAINTS AGAINST THEM DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD. COMPLAINTS AGAINST COMPANIES ACCOUNTING FOR FEWER COMPLAINTS THAN THAT ARE INCLUDED UNDER 'OTHER FOREIGN AIRLINES,' 'OTHER TOUR OPERATORS,' ETC.
** A DETAILED EXPLANATION OF THE COMPLAINT CATEGORIES FOLLOWS THIS SECTION.
* A DETAILED EXPLANATION OF THE COMPLAINT CATEGORIES IS ATTACHED.
** INCLUDES FIGURES FOR SUB-CATEGORIES.
* A DETAILED EXPLANATION OF THE COMPLAINT CATEGORIES FOLLOWS THIS SECTION.
** AIRLINES ARE LISTED INDIVIDUALY IF DOT RECEIVED TEN (10) OR MORE COMPLAINTS AGAINST THEM DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD. COMPLAINTS AGAINST U.S. AIRLINES ACCOUNTING FOR FEWER COMPLAINTS THAN THAT ARE INCLUDED UNDER ‘OTHER U.S. AIRLINES.’
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