U.S. airline industry - bags mishandled 1990-2017

Number of bags mishandled in the U.S. airline industry from 1990 to 2017 (in millions)

The data describes the total number of bags mishandled filed by passengers with the biggest U.S. air carriers from 1990 through 2017. In 2017, around 1.6 million mishandled-baggage reports were filed, down from 1.7 million in the previous year.

1990 2.66
1995 2.28
2000 2.74
2005 2.94
2006 4.08
2007 4.4
2008 3.14
2009 2.1
2010 1.95
2011 1.72
2012 1.78
2013 1.83
2014 1.88
2015 1.82
2016 1.7
2017 1.6