DOT: June U.S. Air Cancellations Drop

About 1.3 p.c of U.S. passenger flights in June had been canceled, down from 2.1 p.c in June 2023 and 1.4 p.c in Might 2024, the Division of Transportation introduced Friday.

Within the first six months of 2024, reporting carriers canceled 1.4 p.c of flights, down from 1.6 p.c within the first six months of 2023, DOT mentioned in its month-to-month Air Journey Client Report .

Southwest Airways posted the bottom June cancellation charge at 0.3 p.c, adopted by the Alaska Airways community at 0.6 p.c and Hawaiian Airways at 0.7 p.c. Networks embrace branded codeshare companions.

Frontier Airways had the very best June cancellation charge at 3.5 p.c, with Spirit Airways at 2.6 p.c and JetBlue Airways at 2.5 p.c. 

U.S. carriers in June operated almost 652,000 home flights, up greater than 6 p.c 12 months over 12 months lower than half a share level from Might 2024 ranges. 

These carriers in June had a mishandled baggage charge of 0.58 p.c on 44.6 million luggage, the identical share because the month earlier than and down from 0.70 p.c in June 2023.

DOT mentioned it plans to launch knowledge on shopper complaints about air journey for January by way of Might 2024 in September.

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