US: Airline passengers put up with more and longer flight delays
Airline travellers were a bit more likely to be delayed, and more often for longer spells, when flying around the US last year, according to a govt report issued Wednesday. Canceled flights were up, and so were the number of passengers bumped off overcrowded flights. But travellers apparently are learning to take it all in stride. The rate of complaints remained nearly unchanged from 2018. The DoT said that 79% of domestic flights last year arrived within 15 minutes of the airline’s schedule — the govt’s definition of being on time. That was down from 79.2% in 2018. The DoT said 302 domestic flights were stuck on the ground for 3 hours or longer, a 50% increase over 2018. Airlines reported another 26 international flights that were delayed on the ground by at least 4 hours, an improvement from 61 in 2018. <br/>
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US: Airline passengers put up with more and longer flight delays
Airline travellers were a bit more likely to be delayed, and more often for longer spells, when flying around the US last year, according to a govt report issued Wednesday. Canceled flights were up, and so were the number of passengers bumped off overcrowded flights. But travellers apparently are learning to take it all in stride. The rate of complaints remained nearly unchanged from 2018. The DoT said that 79% of domestic flights last year arrived within 15 minutes of the airline’s schedule — the govt’s definition of being on time. That was down from 79.2% in 2018. The DoT said 302 domestic flights were stuck on the ground for 3 hours or longer, a 50% increase over 2018. Airlines reported another 26 international flights that were delayed on the ground by at least 4 hours, an improvement from 61 in 2018. <br/>
