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Article: O'Hare ranks 1st -- in late flights Service added by United, American plays role in record delays
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- December 20, 2003
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O'Hare Airport saw a record number of delays last month and led
the nation in late flights -- something it was known for before the
2001 terrorist attacks and that helped fuel the push for more
runways.
Of the 78,000-plus departures and arrivals at O'Hare in November,
nearly one in seven, or slightly less than 12,000, were delayed,
according to the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, which
says it got the preliminary numbers from the Federal Aviation
Administration.
That's more than the summers preceding the 9/11 attacks when
O'Hare gridlock caused problems around the nation, said Ray Gibbons,
president of the controllers union at the Elgin facility that handles
flights across the ...