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Article: AirlinesAE on-time rates improve.(Business)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- November 10, 2009
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AirlinesAE on-time rates improve
U.S. airlinesAE on-time arrival rate in September was the highest in six years, as the number of scheduled flights fell to the fewest for the month since 2002. The 86.2 percent on-time rate compared with 86.4 percent in October 2003, the Transportation Department said in a report today in Washington. The September result was the fourth-best tally recorded for any month in the 15 years the department has kept records. September 2002 was the best ever. Fewer people are flying and carriers are cutting back the number of seats they are offering during the U.S. recession, leading to less congestion. The department tracked almost ...