Double-check your bags when flying with these carriers.
A latest report takes an in depth take a look at mishandled luggage over the past three years — and the numbers are jolting.
Shipping site MyBaggage.com pored over a wealth of knowledge supplied by the U.S. Department of Transportion that details the full amount of baggage — including wheelchairs and mobility scooters — checked in by airlines between January of 2021 through January 2024.
Those numbers were then cross-referenced with the 7 million-plus lost items reported over the identical time period, which allowed researchers to form a listing of airlines with the worst track record for getting traveler belongings to the proper destination — on time and so as.
First and worst was American Airlines, which struggled with 1,750,009 lost luggage reports — that’s a mean of 8.71 disappeared bags per 1,000 that were loaded onto an aircraft.
Second got here Envoy Airlines — American’s largest regional carrier, formerly generally known as American Eagle — with 224,236 reports. that’s a rate of 8.25 lost for each 1,000.
Third was Republic Airways, which stood out for mismanaging nearly 500 wheelchairs and other mobility devices amongst 194,189 items of lost luggage. The airline, which acts as one other regional airline for American, in addition to Delta and United, averaged 7.01 bags lost out of 1,000.
Fourth was door-losing Alaska Airlines — out of 60 million bags, 402,781 had been mishandled for a mean of 6.69 per 1,000.
United Airlines got here in fifth with a rating of 6.43 lost bags for each 1,000. The carrier saw a whopping nearly 3,350 wheelchairs go missing, out of its 932,000 total lost items.
PSA Airlines was sixth with 6.06 per thousand and a complete of 207,060 lost bag reports from 34 million. Of that, 23,508 were mobility devices.
In seventh, JetBlue, recently panned because the nation’s worst airline, lost 251,388 of its 44 million bags within the three 12 months span for a 5.67 average for each 1,000.
JetBlue has mishandled a ranking-high 33 out of 1,000 mobility devices with a complete of two,661 out of 79,461.
Delta affiliate SkyWest lost 439,290 bags from its 38.6 million passengers for a mean of 5.28 per 1,000 to take eighth place. Delta itself was ninth with 1,107,525 missing bags out of 217 million — akin to 5.10 out of 1,000. Of the full, 3,317 were mobility devices.
Then, finally in tenth was Spirit Airlines. Of 37 million bags, 185,610 were mishandled. It comes out to roughly 4.93 out of 1,000 pieces of baggage.
Double-check your bags when flying with these carriers.
A latest report takes an in depth take a look at mishandled luggage over the past three years — and the numbers are jolting.
Shipping site MyBaggage.com pored over a wealth of knowledge supplied by the U.S. Department of Transportion that details the full amount of baggage — including wheelchairs and mobility scooters — checked in by airlines between January of 2021 through January 2024.
Those numbers were then cross-referenced with the 7 million-plus lost items reported over the identical time period, which allowed researchers to form a listing of airlines with the worst track record for getting traveler belongings to the proper destination — on time and so as.
First and worst was American Airlines, which struggled with 1,750,009 lost luggage reports — that’s a mean of 8.71 disappeared bags per 1,000 that were loaded onto an aircraft.
Second got here Envoy Airlines — American’s largest regional carrier, formerly generally known as American Eagle — with 224,236 reports. that’s a rate of 8.25 lost for each 1,000.
Third was Republic Airways, which stood out for mismanaging nearly 500 wheelchairs and other mobility devices amongst 194,189 items of lost luggage. The airline, which acts as one other regional airline for American, in addition to Delta and United, averaged 7.01 bags lost out of 1,000.
Fourth was door-losing Alaska Airlines — out of 60 million bags, 402,781 had been mishandled for a mean of 6.69 per 1,000.
United Airlines got here in fifth with a rating of 6.43 lost bags for each 1,000. The carrier saw a whopping nearly 3,350 wheelchairs go missing, out of its 932,000 total lost items.
PSA Airlines was sixth with 6.06 per thousand and a complete of 207,060 lost bag reports from 34 million. Of that, 23,508 were mobility devices.
In seventh, JetBlue, recently panned because the nation’s worst airline, lost 251,388 of its 44 million bags within the three 12 months span for a 5.67 average for each 1,000.
JetBlue has mishandled a ranking-high 33 out of 1,000 mobility devices with a complete of two,661 out of 79,461.
Delta affiliate SkyWest lost 439,290 bags from its 38.6 million passengers for a mean of 5.28 per 1,000 to take eighth place. Delta itself was ninth with 1,107,525 missing bags out of 217 million — akin to 5.10 out of 1,000. Of the full, 3,317 were mobility devices.
Then, finally in tenth was Spirit Airlines. Of 37 million bags, 185,610 were mishandled. It comes out to roughly 4.93 out of 1,000 pieces of baggage.
