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Article: Airlines threaten to cut air traffic cash over flight delays
- Article from:
- The Scotsman
- Article date:
- May 4, 1999
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AIRLINES are threatening to withhold payments to air traffic
authorities in the wake of worsening flight delays across Europe.
The Association of European Airlines, whose members include
British Airways and British Midland, has said it is considering
stopping its payments to air traffic control services in a number of
countries unless flight capacity is increased.
According to new figures, the number of European flights
officially classified as late has almost doubled in the last year.
In the first three months of 1999, 10,500 flights were late,
compared
with 5,324 in 1998 - itself the worst year for a decade.
Two fifths of flights experienced delays averaging 25 minutes,
leading to many ...