Packing runway rush hour

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Twenty-nine percent of the 318 major airline flights in Aug 1999 were late during the busiest 15 minutes of the day, which is between 7:45 and 8:00 pm, at US airports. From Apr to Aug in 1999, flight delays increased 36% compared with the same period in 1998. Some of reasons given for these delays include weather, breakdowns in the air-traffic controll system and overschuling of flights. The latter was responsible for 20% of the delays.

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United cuts flights because of delays, union blues

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United Air Lines Inc will reduce around a dozen more flights from its daily schedule of 2,400 starting Aug 14, 2000. The airline cited bad weather and pilots' sick calls as the reasons for the latest service cancellation. In July and in early August, United cancelled its flights by 1.5% and 2.5%, respectively. It cancelled its domestic flights by 9% in May, compared with less than 4% by other large airlines. United'a labor problems has been the source of frustrations of both the airline's executives and travelers since April.

United Air Lines Inc.

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Northwest skips expected post-strike fare sale

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Northwest Airlines will skip the deep discount fare sale expected by observers since its pilot strike ended. Due to the strike, the airline incurred losses totaling $714 million, forcing the company to report a net loss of $224 million in the third quarter of 1998, against a profit of $290 million in the same year-ago period. Northwest will not proceed with the big post-strike fare sale because its domestic bookings are strong. In another development, Northwest said that it is going to dispute the objections raised by the Justice Department regarding its 10-month proposal to establish a partnership with Continental.

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Will skip the deep discount fare sale expected by observers since its pilot strike ended

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