US: You’re right. You’re spending more time sitting on that plane.
One thing about flying from Washington to Los Angeles hasn’t changed: It takes essentially the same amount of time to go from Ronald Reagan National to Los Angeles International now as it did several decades ago. So why have schedules for the flights gotten noticeably longer? The answer is that as the number of travellers has increased and airlines have added flights to accommodate them, airports have become more congested. As a result, planes spend more time waiting to take off and then, when they land, more time waiting for an open gate at the terminal. That means passengers are spending more time confined in the cabin. A4A recently analysed data compiled by the DoT and found that from 1990 to 2018 taxi time increased 19% at the nation’s 30 largest hubs and 24% at 31 medium-size airports. <br/>
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US: You’re right. You’re spending more time sitting on that plane.
One thing about flying from Washington to Los Angeles hasn’t changed: It takes essentially the same amount of time to go from Ronald Reagan National to Los Angeles International now as it did several decades ago. So why have schedules for the flights gotten noticeably longer? The answer is that as the number of travellers has increased and airlines have added flights to accommodate them, airports have become more congested. As a result, planes spend more time waiting to take off and then, when they land, more time waiting for an open gate at the terminal. That means passengers are spending more time confined in the cabin. A4A recently analysed data compiled by the DoT and found that from 1990 to 2018 taxi time increased 19% at the nation’s 30 largest hubs and 24% at 31 medium-size airports. <br/>
