airline delays – News Stories About airline delays - Page 3

Oct 4, 2007 1:31 PM CDT

Not So Fly: Worst US Airlines

Everyone has their travel hell story, but which airlines are the true villains?

(Newser) - Lost luggage, canceled flights and appalling delays seem to be par for the course in air travel these days. But some airlines are worse than others. Forbes provides the hit list:

Atlantic Southeast Airlines
Comair (a division of Delta Air Lines)
American Eagle Airlines (a division of American

...

Airline Delays Continue; Complaints Up

Oct 3, 2007 5:30 PM CDT

Airline Delays Continue; Complaints Up

Flights on time just 72% of time, government survey shows

(Newser) - Customer complaints about airlines were up sharply in August—double the level a year before—as delays hit nearly 30%, according to a government report released today. The on-time rate was 71.7%, down from 75.8 last year, a survey of the 20 largest US carries showed, less than...

Airlines Fail to Deliver at Baggage Claim

Oct 1, 2007 1:28 PM CDT

Airlines Fail to Deliver at Baggage Claim

This summer sees five-year high in lost luggage

(Newser) - As if delays and cancellations weren't enough of a headache, airline customers have another nuisance to deal with: a surge in lost bags. From May to July, US airlines delayed, lost, damaged, or confiscated a record 1 million pieces of luggage, the Washington Post reports. Airlines blame the air traffic...

Prez Orders Action to
Reduce Flight Delays

Sep 28, 2007 8:28 AM CDT

Prez Orders Action to Reduce Flight Delays

Panel will produce plan to cut traffic at Kennedy Airport by end of year

(Newser) - After a summer of nightmarish ordeals for airline passengers, President Bush yesterday ordered his transportation secretary to sit down with the airlines and do something to reduce delays and improve treatment of travelers by next summer. “There’s a lot of anger amongst our citizens about the fact that,...

Late Flights Hit All-Time Record

Sep 5, 2007 7:26 AM CDT

Late Flights Hit All-Time Record

More than a million flights delayed so far

(Newser) - More than a million airline flights on the 20 biggest carriers have been late so far this year— keeping the US airline industry on track for the worst year for delays on record, reports Reuters. The flight most often delayed in the month of July was a Delta route from...