The airline's time performance degradation in February

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Bill Mosley
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Thursday, 8 April 2010-the nation's largest airlines was less speed-time performance, this last February as the February part-session in January 2009 and 2010, released today by the US Department of Transportation (DOT) Air Travel Consumer report.

Filed with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), part of DOT's research and innovative Technology Administration (RITA), reporting, time performance should be measured at the amount that is generally time arrival 74,6% worse than in February and in February 2009, p. 82.6% 18 carriers and January 2010, p. 78.7%.Northwest Airlines is no longer in an air carrier to take connected with Delta Air Lines in January. Major East Coast snowstorms may affect some of the data in the report.

Every month, the report shall also contain information on the tarmac in lengthy delays, cancellation of the flight and its reasons for delayed reporting, the carriers mishandled baggage and consumer service, disability and discrimination complaints received by the DOT's Aviation Consumer Protection Division. this report also includes associated with traveling by air, pets than US carriers will be required to file reports of incidents.

Consumer report that contains a BTS data canceled the reporting carriers domestic flights as well as of the amount in February by the carriers withdrew the 5.5% of the domestic flights, higher than the rate of 1.2% in February 2009 and January 2010 s 2.5. See BTS in February cancellations more detailed information.

In February the application time performance data carriers reported that their flights. 013% was three hours or more, a higher rate than both February 2009 s tarmac delays. 0088% and in January 2010, p. 004 percent had 12 flights. with the tarmac delays for four hours or more in February.

In February the application information is used to indicate that a 6.88% of the flight was delayed in comparison to the aviation system is delayed, 6.50% in January, time performance carriers late arriving aircraft, 6.66% as compared to the 6.06% in January, 5.30% of the authors, the airline's control, maintenance or crew problems, 5.28% as compared with January, 0.75% of that extreme weather events, compared to 0,65% in January, and 0.07% as compared to the 0.08% January. Weather for security reasons, it is of the utmost-weather class and aviation system category. This includes delays due, flights DOT s Federal Aviation Administration, the Weather is also due to the delays, the late arriving aircraft, author, but there are special grounds for airlines in this category, in consultation with the carriers involved..

BTS data collected by the percentage of late also delayed by weather, by including a reported extreme weather events of the class or the national aviation System delays flights. in February 42.28% were late February 2009 the delay Forecast down when 43.31% of late flights% 2.38, was delayed by Weather and 7.56%, when 39.31% from January to late flight delay were Forecast.

Detailed information about flight delays and the reasons for the BTS Web site is a Web-site at http://www.bts.gov.

US carriers flight is delayed and mishandled baggage mishandled baggage quantity information is posted to the 4.01 reports 1 000 passengers per February 2009 s in February 3.63, but less than the rate at the part-session in January 2010, p. 4.62 mark.

Three incidents in February carriers reported losses are involved, the death or injury in the case of pet, when you travel by air, up to a maximum of two incidents from the total at the part-session in February 2009 and the two will be posted in January 2010. February p. three deaths in the event of an incident.

In February of 769 complaints from consumers airline service 33,3% of obtained from February 2009 to 17.0% of the total in January down 577 927 received complaints from 2010.

The report includes also submitted to THE DOT against airlines, passengers with disabilities. Department received a total of 29 disability-related complaints received at the part-session in February 2009 in February, down 33 and a total of 45 in January complaints regarding the handling of complaints vastetulosten show 2010.

In February, the Department received five complaints alleging discrimination between airlines factors, such as race, religion, disability and national origin or sex from the total fleet register up to 4 February 2009, but down January 2010 seven complaints in writing.

Consumers may file complaints in writing to the W96-432 Aviation Consumer Protection Division, US Department of transportation, C-75, Washington, DC 20590 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE; voice mail at (202) 366-2220 or TTY (202) 366-0511 or the Web site at http://airconsumer.dot.gov.

Consumers who want to time performance data for specific flights should call the airline's reservation number or travel agent. this information is available on the computer reservation systems, the use of these agents.

Air Travel Consumer report is found in the DOT's Web site at http://airconsumer.dot.gov. is available in PDF and Microsoft Word format.

Filed under 18 Reporting Carriers Transportation Statistics Bureau on the basis of the information with

74,6%,-time arrivals

1. Hawaiian Airlines 88.2%

2. Alaska Airlines 86.2%

3. Southwest Airlines 79,8%

1. Comair 62.2%

2. Pinnacle Airlines 64.0%

3. JetBlue Airways 67.9%

1. Delta Air Lines flight 503 from New York JFK-Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands at the end of the 89 47% of the time.

2. the Skywest Airlines Airlines flight 5770 North Bend, OR to San Francisco at the end of the 89 29% of the time.

3. Comair flight 6767 Philadelphia-Detroit 88.24% at the end of time

3. Delta Air Lines flight 1320 Daytona Beach, FL Atlanta at the end of the 88 24% of the time.

5. Southwest Airlines flight-3399, Phoenix, San Francisco at the end of the 86.67% of the time

5. Southwest Airlines flight 778-Los Angeles, San Francisco at the end of the 86.67% of the time

5. Southwest Airlines flight 491-Chicago Midway-Detroit 86.67% at the end of time

1. US Airways flight 1118 from Dallas/Fort Worth, Charlotte, NC, 2/11/10, escort accompany 298 minutes

2. US Airways flight 541 from Dallas/Fort Worth to Las Vegas, delayed, escort accompany 287 minutes 2/11/10

3. United Airlines flight 1816 Dallas/Fort Worth, Memphis, TN, 2/11/10, go to the escort accompany 278 minutes

4. US Airways flight 1015 from Dallas/Fort Worth, Charlotte, NC, 2/11/10, escort accompany 270 minutes

5. US Airways flight 1950-Dallas/Fort Worth, Charlotte, NC, 2/11/10 minutes late, the escort accompany 264

1. Comair 13,3%

2.7.2% of the ExpressJet

3. US Airways 7,1%

1. Hawaiian Airlines 0.3%

2. Alaska Airlines 1.1%

3. Frontier Airlines 1,2%