Judging from the level of complaints, air travel is getting worse

Travelers line up at the Southwest Airline ticket counter in the departures area of Terminal B at LaGuardia Airport, Tuesday, June 27, 2023, in New York. The U.S. Transportation Department said Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, that consumer complaints about airlines nearly doubled in the first three months of this year, compared with the same period last year, and kept soaring in April and May. (Mary Altaffer, File/AP Photo)

Air travel is getting worse, judging from the number of consumer complaints.

Consumer complaints about airlines nearly doubled in the first three months of this year compared with last year’s period and kept soaring in April and May, the U.S. Transportation Department said Wednesday.

Those are the latest figures from the government. The Transportation Department said information about complaints has been delayed because there are so many of them to process.