US: The airlines that withstood 2018’s cruel summer
A stormy summer produced an unexpected result for travellers: on-time flights. Powerful storms pounded the East Coast. Chicago got repeatedly hammered. Overall, the FAA says the nation’s 30 busiest airports saw 9.4% more bad weather than last summer, measured by hours of storm impact from April through Aug 23. Not every airline got off scot-free. Yet the summer saw a lower rate of cancellations and solid on-time performance at many airlines despite those hurdles, according to data compiled by the masFlight analytics platform of Global Eagle. Investment in technology to orchestrate quicker recovery and limit delays from spreading throughout the system paid off, airlines say. In addition, they’re now able to trim schedules surgically when necessary rather than taking a hatchet to travel plans. <br/>
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US: The airlines that withstood 2018’s cruel summer
A stormy summer produced an unexpected result for travellers: on-time flights. Powerful storms pounded the East Coast. Chicago got repeatedly hammered. Overall, the FAA says the nation’s 30 busiest airports saw 9.4% more bad weather than last summer, measured by hours of storm impact from April through Aug 23. Not every airline got off scot-free. Yet the summer saw a lower rate of cancellations and solid on-time performance at many airlines despite those hurdles, according to data compiled by the masFlight analytics platform of Global Eagle. Investment in technology to orchestrate quicker recovery and limit delays from spreading throughout the system paid off, airlines say. In addition, they’re now able to trim schedules surgically when necessary rather than taking a hatchet to travel plans. <br/>
