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    U.S. Airlines April 2020 Fuel Use Down 70% in One Year

    June 4, 2020
    The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released U.S. airlines’ April Fuel Cost and Consumption numbers.Fuel consumed by U.S. airlines...
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    2016 Flight Cancellation, Mishandled Baggage, and Bumping Rates are Lowest in Decades

    Feb. 14, 2017
    In 2016, the carriers posted a mishandled baggage rate of 2.70 per 1,000 passengers, down from 2015’s rate of 3.13 and the lowest annual rate since DOT started collecting mishandled...
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    DOT Announces Enhanced Protections for Air Travelers, Actions to Promote Airline Competition

    Oct. 19, 2016
    The DOT will require refunds for delayed baggage, expand he number of carriers required to report data, require reporting of data on flights operated by code-share partners, and...

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    A New Era for U.S-Mexico Travel, Trade

    July 25, 2016
    The new agreement will benefit U.S. and Mexican travelers, airlines, businesses, airports, and communities by allowing increased market access for passenger and cargo airlines...
    Commercial/Airline

    April 2016 Complaints Down and On-Time Performance Up From Previous Year, March 2016

    June 13, 2016
    In April, the DOT received 1,122 complaints about airline service from consumers, down 20.9 percent from the total of 1,419 filed in April 2015 and down 21.5 percent from the ...
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    BTS Statistics Release: February 2016 Passenger Airline Employment Data

    April 22, 2016
    U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 3.8 percent more workers in February 2016 than in February 2015. February was the highest monthly total (403,917) since August 2008....
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    Air France, Lufthansa, and British Airways Fined for Inadequate Responses to Disability Complaints

    April 14, 2016
    Air France and Lufthansa were each fined $200,000 and British Airways was fined $150,000.
    Commercial/Airline

    BTS Statistical Release: 2015 Annual and December U.S. Airline Traffic Data

    March 10, 2016
    The annual 2015 load factor (83.8) was the highest for any year, up from the previous all-time high set in 2014 (83.4). The number of systemwide passengers (798.4 million) exceeded...
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    U.S. Department of Transportation Explicitly Bans the Use of Electronic Cigarettes on Commercial Flights

    March 2, 2016
    The final rule applies to all scheduled flights of U.S. and foreign carriers involving transportation in, to, and from the U.S.
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    Airline On-Time Performance Up From Previous Year, Month

    Nov. 13, 2015
    The reporting carriers posted an on-time arrival rate of 86.5 percent in September, up from both the 81.1 percent on-time rate in September 2014 and the 80.3 percent mark in August...
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    BTS Releases 2nd Quarter 2015 Airline Financial Data

    Sept. 21, 2015
    U.S. scheduled passenger airlines reported an after-tax net profit of $5.5 billion in the second quarter of 2015, up from $3.1 billion in the first quarter of 2015 and up from...
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    July On-Time Performance Up, Cancellations Down From Previous Year, June 2015

    Sept. 10, 2015
    The nation’s largest airlines posted an on-time arrival rate of 78.1 percent in July, up from both the 75.6 percent on-time rate in July 2014 and the 74.8 percent mark in June...