US DOT issues May 2019 Air Travel Consumer Report

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has released its May 2019 Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) which compiles operating air carrier data for the month of March 2019. Courtesy DOT In March 2019, reporting marketing carriers posted an on-time arrival rate of 80.9%, up from both the 73.8% on-time rate in February 2019 and from 80.7% in March 2018. Reporting marketing carriers cancelled 2% of their scheduled domestic flights, in March 2019, down from both the rate of 3.1% in February 2019 and 2.9% in March 2018. Five tarmac delays of more than three hours on domestic flights were reported