07-25-2019, 08:26 PM
The study analyzes Department of Transportation statistics from 2012 through 2018 and finds that the airlines least likely to lose your luggage are Delta and Frontier, followed by Spirit.
Meanwhile, the odds of losing luggage are greater for passengers flying Envoy Air, ExpressJet, and SkyWest. These 3 carriers rank at the very bottom of the list with over twice the number of complaints as the top performing airlines.
Of U.S. carriers, American was the only airline to report an increase of lost bags. United saw the most improvement with 49% fewer complaints of lost baggage, followed by Delta with a decrease of 47%.
Here's a look at lost luggage statistics by U.S. carriers:
Meanwhile, the odds of losing luggage are greater for passengers flying Envoy Air, ExpressJet, and SkyWest. These 3 carriers rank at the very bottom of the list with over twice the number of complaints as the top performing airlines.
Of U.S. carriers, American was the only airline to report an increase of lost bags. United saw the most improvement with 49% fewer complaints of lost baggage, followed by Delta with a decrease of 47%.
Here's a look at lost luggage statistics by U.S. carriers:
- Delta Air Lines: 1.55 bags per 1,000 passengers
- Frontier Airlines: 1.8 bags per 1,000 passengers
- Spirit Airlines: 1.9 bags per 1,000 passengers
- Hawaiian Airlines: 2 bags per 1,000 passengers
- JetBlue Airways: 2 bags per 1,000 passengers
- United Airlines: 2.9 bags per 1,000 passengers
- Alaska Airlines: 3 bags per 1,000 passengers
- Southwest Airlines: 3.6 bags per 1,000 passengers
- American Airlines: 4.3 bags per 1,000 passengers
- Expressjet Airlines: 5.9 bags per 1,000 passengers
- Skywest Airlines: 6 bags per 1000 passengers
- Envoy Air: 6.76 bags per 1000 passengers
https://www.airfarewatchdog.com/blog/442...r-luggage/
