Massive 14% increase in Tube delays blamed on crumbling network.

The Evening Standard (London, England);  January 24, 2003 ;     570 words ...Byline: HUGH DOUGHERTY TUBE delays have soared by 14 per cent in a year...partnership scheme. The massive increase in delays from the previous year, when 2,200...Commons statement. The increase in delays between 2000-1 and 2001-2 is primarily...

O'HARE OVERTAKES NEWARK IN DELAYS

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  February 17, 2000 ;     700+ words ......02-17-2000 O'HARE OVERTAKES NEWARK IN DELAYS -- LATENESS UP 23% NATIONWIDE By DOUG...nation's airports in the number of flight delays in 1998, ceded that dubious honor to Chicago...still logged the highest percentage of delays. Nearly 8 percent of the 463,000 takeoffs...

Traffic delays on Route 2 project a concern

Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;  October 3, 2007 ;     360 words ......completed by Aug. 1, 2008, but that one-lane traffic could continue periodically for four...follows: . Wednesday, Oct. 3, some one-lane traffic because of grading and some traffic held for blasting. . Thursday, Oct. 4, one-lane traffic for paving, some traffic ...

DOT wants airlines to explain delays

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  January 20, 2002 ;     402 words ...DOT wants airlines to explain delays By DONALD D. GROFF Knight Ridder News...January 20, 2002 What's behind flight delays or cancellations? A new rule in the making...provided a breakdown of what causes the delays. Now the Transportation Department plans...

Airlines Blame Delays on Bad Weather, High Demand.(Knight Ridder/Tribune...

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  August 13, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Aug. 11--Record numbers of flight delays put thousands of travelers on hold last...Things aren't getting much better. Although delays dipped a bit last month, statistics for...track to surpass last year's record. Those delays had set in motion months of efforts by...

Delays at Logan seen as overstated

The Boston Globe;  April 3, 1999 ;     700+ words ...Flight delays at Logan Airport, and the cost of those delays, are grossly overstated by the Massachusetts Port Authority...rather than relying on an FAA formula that yields far fewer delays. The FAA data show postponements have not increased consistently...

Delays at Philadelphia Airport Rank Among Nation's Worst.

The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  April 4, 2002 ;     700+ words ......With fewer airplanes in the sky, delays in takeoffs and landing have dropped...Philadelphia recorded more arrival delays than any other city except Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and logged more departure delays than any other city except Detroit...

O'Hare ranks 1st -- in late flights Service added by United, American...

Chicago Sun-Times;  December 20, 2003 ;     677 words ...O'Hare Airport saw a record number of delays last month and led the nation in late...least dating back to 1997 -- was 7,588 delays out of 76,835 total flights in June 2002, Gibbons said. "I've never seen delays like this," he said. "Basically, one...

Transportation Dept. wants airlines to explain flight delays.

The Philadelphia Inquirer (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  January 8, 2002 ;     573 words ......Donald D. Groff What's behind flight delays or cancellations? A new rule in the making...provided a breakdown of what causes the delays. Now the Transportation Department plans...designed to fill the data gaps for airline delays and cancellations and provide this information...

Flight delays: Don't blame Mother Nature

Sunday Gazette-Mail;  May 2, 2004 ;     700+ words ......gets blamed frequently for air-travel delays - unfairly blamed, it often turns out...major airlines, only 3 percent of all delays during the past six months were the result...measures. The biggest cause of air-travel delays, according to the statistics, is the...

Delays on Metronet Tube ; Standard survey piles further pressure on...

Evening Standard - London;  June 25, 2007 ;     700+ words ...DELAYS on Tube lines maintained by troubled firm Metronet are...passengers showed that more than half had experienced more delays in the past 12 months than in the previous year. The commuters...passengers were delayed every day and almost two thirds said delays affected them at least three times a week. ...

Hotel delays threaten economic health of Gaviota group.(Brief Article)

Cuba News;  November 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...HAVANA -- Cuban officials say delays in hotel construction will cost millions...Perez Rospide said he is concerned the delays may endanger the ability of the group...properties, say company officials. After delays in completing the Novotel Miramar in Havana...

Delays at O'Hare a boon for Mitchell

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  August 7, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Delays at O'Hare a boon for Mitchell Flight to Chicago takes about...O'Hare International Airport -- but not by much. As mounting delays at O'Hare slow air travelers nationwide, more passengers...icago's central position in the nation's airline system, those delays have a coast-to-coast ripple effect. ...

WORST TRAIN DELAYS EVER Railtrack suffering collapse of morale as staff...

Evening Standard - London;  December 11, 2001 ;     426 words ......railways are in crisis, with the worst train delays ever and no end in sight to the daily...admitted today. Rail chiefs warn that delays will continue until the Railtrack "mess...trains. Thousands of commuters suffer worse delays now than after the Hatfield disaster in...

Transportation Dept. wants airlines to explain flight delays.(Knight...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  January 14, 2002 ;     593 words ...What's behind flight delays or cancellations? A new rule in the making...provided a breakdown of what causes the delays. Now the Transportation Department plans...designed to fill the data gaps for airline delays and cancellations and provide this information...