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At the end of January, there was only one flight that was chronically delayed – more than 30 minutes late more than 50 percent of the time –

for three consecutive months:  SkyWest  Flight ICT-MEM (Wichita Mid Continental to Memphis)

There were an additional 15 flights that were chronically delayed for two consecutive months

SkyWest 6263 Jan FAT-SFO
SkyWest 6252 Dec FAT-SFO
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SkyWest 4846 Jan ICT-MEM
SkyWest 4846 Dec ICT-MEM

SkyWest 6652 Jan MOD-SFO
SkyWest 6765 Dec MOD-SFO

SkyWest 4885 Jan MSP-SDF
SkyWest 4616 Dec MSP-SDF

SkyWest 4874 Jan SDF-MSP
SkyWest 4656 Dec SDF-MSP

SkyWest 6263 Jan SFO-FAT
SkyWest 6263 Dec SFO-FAT

SkyWest 6652 Jan SFO-MOD
SkyWest 6652 Dec SFO-MOD

SkyWest 6598 Jan SMF-SFO
SkyWest 6598 Dec SMF-SFO

SkyWest 6747 Jan SMF-SFO
SkyWest 6747 Dec SMF-SFO

Southwest 2631 Jan MDW-BUF
Southwest 453 Dec MDW-BUF

Southwest 32 Jan MDW-PIT
Southwest 1240 Dec MDW-PIT

from http://www.bts.gov March 7 2011

Monday, March 7, 2011 – The nation’s largest airlines reported only one flight in January with a tarmac delay of more than three hours, down from 20 flights in January 2010, according to the Air Travel Consumer Report released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).

Data filed with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), a part of DOT’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration, showed there have been only 16 total tarmac delays of more than three hours reported from May 2010 through January 2011 by the airlines that file on-time performance data with DOT, compared to 604 reported from May 2009 through January 2010. In January, the carriers also reported that .0600 percent of their scheduled flights had tarmac delays of two hours or more, equal to the .0600 percent reported in December 2010.

January was the ninth full month of data since the new aviation consumer rule went into effect on April 29, 2010. The new rule prohibits U.S. airlines operating domestic flights from permitting an aircraft to remain on the tarmac for more than three hours without deplaning passengers, with exceptions allowed only for safety or security or if air traffic control advises the pilot in command that returning to the terminal would disrupt airport operations. The Department will investigate tarmac delays that exceed this limit.

The monthly report also includes data on 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 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.

In November, Southwest Airlines carried more total system and domestic passengers than any other U.S. airline.

American Airlines carried the most international passengers.

During the first 11 months of 2010, Delta carried more total system and international passengers than any other U.S. airline .

Southwest carried the most domestic passengers .

from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) February 11 2011

November 2010 Airline System Traffic Up 6.1 Percent from November 2009

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today
reported in a release of preliminary data that U.S. airlines carried 58.1 million scheduled
domestic and international passengers in November 2010 (Table 1). The 6.1 percent increase
from November 2009 is the largest year-to-year rise since August 2007. The November 2010
passenger total was also 7.4 percent above that of two years ago in November 2008 but still
remained 6.1 percent below the pre-recession level of November 2007.

BTS, a part of DOT’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration, also reported
that U.S. airlines carried 5.8 percent more domestic passengers in November 2010 than in
November 2009. The number of international passengers on U.S. carriers in November 2010
increased 7.8 percent over November 2009 .

The November 2010 load factors of 80.4 percent systemwide, 81.1 percent domestic and 78.4 percent international were the highest
recorded for any November .

For the first 11 months of 2010, the number of scheduled domestic and international
passengers on U.S. airlines increased 2.3 percent from the same period in 2009 to 661.8 million
(Table 2). The number of passengers declined 3.5 percent from the first 11 months of 2008 to the
first 11 months of 2010.

U.S. airlines carried 1.8 percent more domestic passengers and 6.0 percent more
international passengers in the first 11 months of 2010 than during the same period in 2009

from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) February 11 2011

Thursday, February 10, 2011

In December, the airlines who file on-time data with the Department reported three domestic flights with tarmac delays of more than three hours, down from 34 in December 2009. Data filed with BTS showed there have been only 15 total tarmac delays of more than three hours reported from May through December 2010 by the 18 airlines that file on-time performance data with DOT, compared to 584 during the same eight-month period of 2009. In December, the carriers also reported that .0600 percent of their scheduled flights had tarmac delays of two hours or more, up from .0200 percent in November.

December was the eighth full month of data since the new aviation consumer rule went into effect on April 29, 2010. The new rule prohibits U.S. airlines operating domestic flights from permitting an aircraft to remain on the tarmac at a large or medium hub airport for more than three hours without deplaning passengers, with exceptions allowed only for safety or security or if air traffic control advises the pilot in command that returning to the terminal would disrupt airport operations. The Department will investigate tarmac delays that exceed this limit.

The Department has also issued a rulemaking that would significantly strengthen the protection afforded to passengers stranded on the ground aboard aircraft for lengthy periods. In a June 2010 notice of proposed rulemaking, the Department proposed to increase the number of carriers that are required to adopt tarmac delay contingency plans to include foreign air carriers and proposed to increase the number of airports at which carriers must adhere to such plans to include U.S. small and non-hub airports. In addition, the Department proposed to require all carriers that must adopt tarmac delay contingency plans to file data with the Department regarding lengthy tarmac delays. The Department expects to issue a final rule as early as April 2011, which will consider all the comments received as well as the lengthy tarmac delays experienced by a number of foreign carriers at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) during and after the Dec. 26, 2010, blizzard and the resulting impact on passengers traveling on those flights.

from http://www.bts.gov

Thursday, February 10, 2011 – The on-time performance of the nation’s largest airlines improved in 2010 compared to the previous year, 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 (RITA), shows that the 18 largest carriers reporting on-time performance recorded an overall on-time arrival rate of 79.8 percent for January through December 2010, an improvement on 2009′s 79.5 percent on-time arrival rate. During December 2010, these carriers posted an on-time performance rate of 72.0 percent, equal to the 72.0 percent on-time rate recorded in December 2009, but down from November 2010′s 83.2 percent rate.

The monthly report also includes data on chronically delayed flights, lengthy tarmac delays, 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.

from: http://www.bts.gov/press

Ranking of Major Airport On-Time Departure Performance Year-to-date through December 2010

(Percent On-Time)