Government To Monitor Flight Delays
Aug 23, 2000, 10:48 am
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Government To Monitor Flight Delays
A federal task force will begin monitoring airline performance after a summer travel season marred by thousands of flight delays.
After announcing formation of the task force, Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater said his department will serve as a clearinghouse to share information and praised the industry for a ``positive ... cooperative spirit.'' The meeting ``will result in improved service'' in both the long- and short-term the secretary told a briefing. As he spoke he was joined by airline, union and airport executives.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/w/AP-Flight-Delays.html
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So now everything is gonna' be alright!
After announcing formation of the task force, Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater said his department will serve as a clearinghouse to share information and praised the industry for a ``positive ... cooperative spirit.'' The meeting ``will result in improved service'' in both the long- and short-term the secretary told a briefing. As he spoke he was joined by airline, union and airport executives.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/w/AP-Flight-Delays.html
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Sep 19, 2000, 7:25 am
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US Secretary of Transportation Rodney E. Slater yesterday announced that transport ministers and heads of state from around the world, along with representatives of all modes of the international transportation community will convene in Washington D.C. on October 9, 2000, to discuss the future of transportation.
http://news.airwise.com/stories/2000/09/969348186.html
http://news.airwise.com/stories/2000/09/969348186.html
Sep 29, 2000, 10:29 am
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Carr blamed airlines for scheduling too many flights at crowded airports during the peak flying hours.
``Schedules are blindly made to reduce operating costs and maximize revenue without regard for other airlines, terminal airspace or airport capacity,'' he said. ``At peak times, dozens of planes are simultaneously taxiing for take off or queuing above the airport in a finite amount of terminal airspace.''
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/nati...ne-Delays.html
``Schedules are blindly made to reduce operating costs and maximize revenue without regard for other airlines, terminal airspace or airport capacity,'' he said. ``At peak times, dozens of planes are simultaneously taxiing for take off or queuing above the airport in a finite amount of terminal airspace.''
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/nati...ne-Delays.html
Oct 5, 2000, 1:22 pm
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Airline on-time performance continued to slip last month, falling to 70.0 percent for the 10 largest carriers, the Transportation Department reported Thursday.
That was below the 70.3 percent on-time rating in July, though not as bad as June's 66.3 rate.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/nati...ne-Delays.html
That was below the 70.3 percent on-time rating in July, though not as bad as June's 66.3 rate.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/nati...ne-Delays.html
Oct 24, 2000, 10:49 am
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David S. Stempler, President of the Air Travelers Association, has been selected by the Secretary of Transportation to participate in the US Department of Transportation's (``DOT'') Air Carrier On-Time Reporting Advisory Committee. After this past Summer's record-breaking number of delayed and cancelled flights, the Committee is charged with coming up with a report in three weeks about their causes and the best ways to report these delays to the traveling public. Other members of the Committee are from airlines, airports, and organized labor.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/001024/dc_air_tra.html
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/001024/dc_air_tra.html
Oct 24, 2000, 11:28 am
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Am I missing something here or are there no actual "Air Travelers" on this Air Carrier On-Time Reporting Advisory Committee??
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Originally posted by doc:
David S. Stempler, President of the Air Travelers Association, has been selected by the Secretary of Transportation to participate in the US Department of Transportation's (``DOT'') Air Carrier On-Time Reporting Advisory Committee. After this past Summer's record-breaking number of delayed and cancelled flights, the Committee is charged with coming up with a report in three weeks about their causes and the best ways to report these delays to the traveling public. Other members of the Committee are from airlines, airports, and organized labor.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/001024/dc_air_tra.html
David S. Stempler, President of the Air Travelers Association, has been selected by the Secretary of Transportation to participate in the US Department of Transportation's (``DOT'') Air Carrier On-Time Reporting Advisory Committee. After this past Summer's record-breaking number of delayed and cancelled flights, the Committee is charged with coming up with a report in three weeks about their causes and the best ways to report these delays to the traveling public. Other members of the Committee are from airlines, airports, and organized labor.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/001024/dc_air_tra.html
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Dec 1, 2000, 6:52 am
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An interim report from a Department of Transportation task force looking into air carrier on-time performance concludes that due to "the complexities of the aviation system" there is "no single entity" that can control all flight cancellations and delays.
http://news.airwise.com/stories/2000/12/975667268.html
http://news.airwise.com/stories/2000/12/975667268.html