A Quarter of U.S. Flights Failed to Arrive on Time in 2007
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Excluding cancellations 2007 was the worst on record for flight delays, with 24.2 percent of flights arriving late, compared with 23.9 percent in 2000.
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The odyssey of Jordan Bell and Dominic Turner last week was typical of the travails afflicting thousands of air travelers in this turbulent summer travel season: a two-hour tarmac delay, a missed connection to get home to Washington, an unexpected overnight stay in Chicago, a flight scrubbed by...
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US holiday travelers hoping to get back in the air after a weekend of flight cancellations due to computer malfunctions and staff shortages still faced difficulties getting to their destinations on Monday.
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The decline in U.S. air travel that followed the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks delayed the onset of that year's annual flu outbreak and slowed its spread around the country, according to a new analysis that could help health officials decide whether to impose flight restrictions in the event of a global...
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Thousands of passengers were stranded across the country on Christmas, and many others arrived without suitcases full of gifts as USAirways and Comair struggled with computer, staffing problems.
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A 45-minute outage at Air Canadaâs reservation computer during a busy period early this morning caused delays in departures from airports across Canada and in the United States.
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U.S. airlines are pulling out of their financial tailspin but most are not paying close enough attention to customer service, especially when it comes to providing useful information on delays and cancellations, a government watchdog reported on Wednesday.
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Airport clocks failed to go back on schedule A "computer glitch" at Gatwick airport which lead to the clocks not going back on Sunday morning led to travel "chaos" as "arrivals and departures were advertised an hour late", provoking nonplussed passengers to besiege check-in desks.â¦
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A glitch at U.S. Airways yesterday affected self-serve kiosks used by about two-thirds of the airlines' customers, causing long lines and delays that affected air travel even today.
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Even if you never fly through Chicago, your plane may end up delayed because of congestion at the O&#39;Hare Airport. Delays there cause a ripple effect through the country&#39;s entire air-traffic system.
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Travelers flying for the Thanksgiving holiday wait in lines and move through Logan International Airport in Boston, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2004, during one of the busiest travel times of the year.
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Frequent and lengthy flight delays are increasing and worsening, putting 2007 on track to break records set in 2000, according to a Department of Transportation inspector general report.
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A communications failure at a Federal Aviation Administration control facility forced some airports in the West to hold flights on the ground in some cases for more than three hours Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.
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Passengers taking to the skies for U.S. flights could be checking e-mail and surfing the Web through high-speed Internet connections in a couple of years. And the day when travelers can chat away on cell phones while in flight might not be far behind.
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More than 1,000 flights are cancelled in the US Midwest and North-east because of severe snowstorms.
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For thousands of airline passengers, it took days for their bags to be delivered after a shortage of baggage handlers at US Airways, a computer problem at Comair and snowstorms disrupted holiday travel.
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Jet lag isn't just caused by time zone shifts.