US BTS records more complaints for discrimination, less for airline service in 2019

20 February, 2020

US Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) released (19-Feb-2020) the Air Travel Consumer Report for Dec-2019 and FY2019, which found the following details regarding complaints for airline service, disabled passenger treatment and discrimination:

  • Dec-2019:
    • Airline service: 1242, +23.7% year-on-year;
    • Disabled passenger treatment: 68, down from 92;
    • Discrimination: Nine, up from four;
  • FY2019:
    • Airline service: 15,332, -1.4%;
    • Disabled passenger treatment: 905, +9.4%;
    • Discrimination: 106, +9.3%. [more - original PR]