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Airlines cancel more than 3,000 flights Wednesday
FlightAware.com has these latest numbers as of 3 p.m. CST time, and we quote:
In the last 24 hours, FlightAware.com is accounting for:
Departing or arriving the US: 5,394 cancellations.
In/out of New York (EWR/LGA/JFK/ISP): 1,964 cancellations.
For …
We’re talking about the Wright amendment and short-haul flights
Our Monday morning trivia focused on the drop in passengers on short-haul flights nationwide and from Dallas Love Field.
The route between Oklahoma City and Dallas Love/DFW Airport showed the biggest decline, about 39 percent fewer passengers in 2009 …
Southwest ranks 16th of 18 in on-time performance
Southwest Airlines once again performed abysmally on on-time performance relative to its peers, and United Airlines topped the major carriers as the government released on-time numbers for November 2010.
Southwest finished 16th out of 18 U.S. airlines…
Other interesting airline and airport stuff from November 2010 DOT stats
Other factoids from the November 2010 Air Travel Consumer Report from the DOT’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics:
• Cancellations jumped more than 1,000 compared to November 2009: 3,755 in 2010 compared to 2,732 in 2009. SkyWest cancelled the mos…
AA, Japan Airlines say they’ll start their joint business venture on April 1
American Airlines president Tom Horton and Japan Airlines president Masaru Onishi announced 2 p.m. Tuesday Tokyo time (11 p.m. Monday, Dallas time) that they’ll start their joint venture on April 1.
That’s when they expect to start revenue sharing on…
FlightAware: More than 2,400 cancellations on Monday
FlightAware’s 6 p.m. Monday report card shows airlines cancelled more than 2,400 scheduled flights on Monday, with more than 1,000 cancellations from Atlanta Hartsfield. Delta Air Lines and AirTran Airways flights were particularly hard hit, as one mig…
American Airlines wins TRO against Sabre in battle over flight and fare displays
American Airlines convinced a Texas state district judge Monday to issue a temporary restraining order to make Sabre begin displaying American’s fares and flights on an equal footing with other airlines.
This is the latest battle in the war over who p…
Storm hitting Atlanta airline flights the hardest
It appears that Atlanta Hartsfield is currently feeling the biggest impact of Monday’s winter weather.
Here’s the update from Delta Air Lines, which operates the world’s largest connecting hub at Atlanta:
“Delta has proactively cancelled more than 1,…
Monday morning trivia
We had a story Sunday about short-haul routes and how the number of passengers has gone down significantly in many of the short-distance markets since 1990.
With Dallas Love Field flights limited by the Wright amendment, most of its route fall into th…
AirTran cancels all Atlanta flights Monday
AirTran Airways said Monday it has cancelled all its Atlanta arrivals and departures Monday, the result of a winter storm hitting the Southeast.
“The airline has made this strategic decision in order to ensure the safety of its Crew Members and custo…
