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On-Time Performance Up from Previous Year, December 2014

 

WASHINGTON – The nation’s largest airlines posted an on-time arrival rate of 76.8 percent in January, up from both the 67.7 percent on-time rate in January 2014 and the 75.3 percent mark in December 2014, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Air Travel Consumer...

News Digest DOT 15-15

BTS Treatment of Confidential Commercial Information.  The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) is seeking comments on whether airframe and aircraft engine cost information from major U.S. airlines should be made public or should remain confidential...

News Digest DOT 09-15

DOT Cautions Consumers on Super Bowl Air Travel Game Ticket Scams.  Air travelers going to Super Bowl XLIX this year should be aware that not all tour packages include a ticket to the Feb. 1 game in Glendale, Ariz.  Under U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) consumer protection...

News Digest DOT 111-14

DOT Advises Air Travelers and Colleges About Tour Packages to College Bowl Games.  The U.S. Department of Transportation issued earlier this week two notices concerning tour packages to college bowl games.  The first notice reminds air travelers going to this season’s college bowl...

October On-Time Performance Slightly Down From September 2014

WASHINGTON – The nation’s largest airlines posted an on-time arrival rate of 80.0 percent in October, down from the 81.1 percent mark in September 2014, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Air Travel Consumer Report released today.

In addition, the reporting carriers...