Consumers filed 1,757 complaints with the Transportation Department about airline service in March, up from 1,248 complaints filed in February and lower than the 1,924 filed in the same month last year.

For the first quarter, consumers filed 5,226 complaints, compared with 5,950 reported in the same period last year, the Transportation Department reported.

The figures come as passenger rights legislation moves forward in Congress. The full Senate will take up a bill in the coming weeks, while a bipartisan proposal will be introduced in the House of Representatives on Thursday.
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