DID YOU KNOW
| The U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics in March of 2008 released the 2007 airline statistics on baggage. U.S. carriers reporting flight delays and mishandled baggage data posted a mishandled baggage rate of 9.01 reports per 1,000 passengers in December, up from both December 2006’s rate of 8.93 and November 2007’s 4.89 rate. |
| The New York Times reported in November 2007 that by the end of 2007, close to five million travelers will have been stuck scratching their heads at the luggage carousel. One carrier alone and the regional airline it owns mishandled approximately 639,146 bags through the end of September 2007. The Empty Carousel will provide you the information you need to know to protect yourself and your property in the event you do become one of these growing statistics. |
| A special report just released in 2008 from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) reveals that in a three-year period nearly 42,000 travelers have reported items as lost from their luggage at an estimated value of more than $31 Million. We are not talking lost for a couple of days. We are talking lost for good!! Listed as MIA are medicine, clothing, fine jewelry, laptops, perfume and even cell phones. (Keep in mind that these numbers do not necessarily reflect reports of missing items directly reported to the Air Carriers) The Empty Carousel will teach you how to avoid becoming one of these statistics. |
| More than 1 million pieces of luggage were lost, damaged, delayed or pilfered by U.S. airlines from May to July 2007, according to data from the bureau of Transportation Statistics, June and July ranked among the 20 worst months for mishandled baggage in 20 years. |
| U.S. airlines lost an average of 6.73 bags per 1,000 passengers in 2006, the worst performance since 1990. |
| U.S. domestic airlines mishandled an average of 10,000 bags per day in 2005. |
| 240,000 pieces of unclaimed baggage were never reunited with owners in 2005 |
