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  • Bad year for lost luggage (airlines named)

    02/17/2006 9:42:28 PM PST · by FreeKeys · 5 replies · 353+ views
    KVBC-Channel 3 Las Vegas ^ | Feb 17, 2006, 08:22 PM EST | editors
    It's probably happened to all of us at some point. Getting off the plane, heading to baggage claim, waiting and waiting and waiting for your luggage to come around. Eventually you realize your luggage just isn't coming. On Friday, the government released the latest lost luggage statistics. The report found that in 2005, every single day there were 10,000 reports of lost baggage. The worst offender is Atlantic Southeast Airlines, which operates Delta Connection. They lost 17.4 bags for every 1000. Among the major carriers, US Airways, which also operates America West, didn't do well either. It lost 9.62 bags...