Logan Airport ranked among the worst airports for lost luggage

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American Airways topped the record of worst airways for mishandled baggage.

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JetBlue passengers in Terminal C at Logan Airport in June 2022. Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Workers

Relating to misplaced and broken baggage, Logan Airport may use some enchancment, in keeping with an evaluation by Forbes Advisor.

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Forbes Advisor not too long ago launched an inventory of the ten worst airports for misplaced and broken baggage, and Logan ranked No. 6. The worst offender is John F. Kennedy Worldwide Airport in New York.

Greater than half of People with trip plans within the subsequent six months are involved about an airline dropping their baggage, in keeping with a Forbes Advisor survey.

Forbes Advisor in contrast the 100 busiest airports in America and scored them utilizing the next 4 metrics decided from Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) information obtained from the overall variety of claims submitted for property loss or property harm that occurred in the course of the TSA screening course of between 2013 and 2022:

  • Variety of property harm claims per 100,000 home passengers (30% of rating)
  • Variety of property loss claims per 100,000 home passengers (30% of rating)
  • Share of property harm claims reimbursed in full (20% of rating)
  • Share of property loss claims reimbursed in full (20% of rating)

Logan Airport scored 79.29 out of 100 within the report (JFK scored 100 out of 100 and Dulles Worldwide Airport, which ranked No. 10, scored 76.23 out of 100).

Logan had 0.64 claims per 100,000 passengers for property loss and 0.71 claims per 100,000 passengers for property harm, in keeping with the report. The share of claims at Logan Airport reimbursed in full for property loss was 20.78% and for property harm was 30.74%.

“Boston Logan Worldwide Airport tied with Southwest Florida Worldwide Airport for having the ninth highest variety of property harm claims between 2013 and 2022,” Forbes Advisor wrote.

Massport, which operates Logan Airport, declined to touch upon the report.

American Airways topped the record of worst airways for mishandled baggage, with JetBlue — Logan’s largest provider — rating No. 5 on that record.