BTS | Table 1-59: Mishandled-Baggage Reports Filed by Passengers with the Largest U.S. Air Carriers (a)

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Table 1-59: Mishandled-Baggage Reports Filed by Passengers with the Largest U.S. Air Carriers^a

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	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Total mishandled-baggage reports (millions)	2.66	2.20	2.45	2.28	2.32	2.28	2.46	2.28	2.48	2.54	2.74	2.14	1.81	2.20	2.82	2.94	4.08	4.42
Enplaned passengers (domestic) (millions)	395.7	408.5	417.0	407.5	435.7	439.8	464.0	459.8	481.7	499.1	517.5	467.9	471.4	524.5	575.4	442.0	606.6	628.8
Reports per 1,000 passengers	6.73	5.38	5.87	5.60	5.33	5.18	5.30	4.96	5.16	5.08	5.29	4.58	3.84	4.19	4.91	6.64	6.73	7.03

^aData include nonstop scheduled service between points within the United States (including territories) by U.S. air carriers with at least 1% of the total domestic scheduled service passenger revenues and those carriers that report voluntarily. In 2007, the air carriers were Airtran, Alaska, Aloha, American, American Eagle, Atlantic Southeast, Comair, Continental, Delta, ExpressJet, Frontier, Hawaiian, JetBlue, Mesa, Northwest, Pinnace, Skywest, Southwest, United, and US Airways.

NOTES

Domestic system only.

Based on passenger reports of mishandled-baggage, including those that did not subsequently result in claims for compensation.

SOURCE

U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary, Air Travel Consumer Report (Washington, DC: Annual February issues), p. 30, Internet website http://airconsumer.ost.dot.gov/reports/ as of Mar. 18, 2008

Table 1-59: Mishandled-Baggage Reports Filed by Passengers with the Largest U.S. Air Carriersa

Table 1-59: Mishandled-Baggage Reports Filed by Passengers with the Largest U.S. Air Carriers^a