Airline On-Time Performance in June Improves from Last Year but Down
The nation's largest airlines' on-time arrival performance in June 2011 was an improvement from June 2010, but down from May 2011, according to the Air Travel Consumer Report released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).
Information filed with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), a part of DOT's Research and Innovative Technology Administration, shows that the 16 carriers reporting on-time performance recorded an overall on-time arrival rate of 76.9 percent in June, up from the 76.4 percent on-time rate of June 2010 but down from May 2011's 77.1 percent rate.
The monthly report also includes data on lengthy tarmac delays, on-time performance, chronically delayed flights, flight cancellations, and the causes of flight delays filed with the Department by the reporting carriers. In addition, the report contains information on airline bumping, reports of mishandled baggage filed by consumers with the carriers, and consumer service, disability and discrimination complaints received by DOT's Aviation Consumer Protection Division. This report also includes reports of incidents involving pets traveling by air, as required to be filed by U.S. carriers.
A news release on the report is available at http://www.dot.gov/affairs/2011/dot10511.html . The full report is available at http://airconsumer.dot.gov/reports/index.htm . Detailed information on flight delays is available at http://www.bts.gov .