Crain’s Chicago Business | Less than half the December departures from Midway Airport took off on time, according to the Department of Transportation, making its on-time performance the worst in the nation. It did better in arrivals, and United led the major airlines in on-time performance.
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No long tarmac delays in Nov., airlines report
The were no airplanes stuck on the ground for more than three hours in November — the second straight month airlines avoided long delays, the government said Tuesday.
That’s little comfort to travelers stranded by huge snow storms that grounded thousands of flights in December. The Department of Transportation won’t report those statistics until next month. Get the full story »
Dec. 7, 2010 at 10:44 a.m.
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Filed under: Airlines, Airplanes, Airports, Transportation, Travel Government: No 3-hour tarmac delays in October
The government says October was the first month when no airplanes were stuck on the ground for more than three hours.
It’s the first month without tarmac delays since the government started collected data in 2008. Get the full story »
3 United flights at O’Hare June’s only long tarmac waits
Only three commercial flights among the thousands that operated nationwide in June sat on the ground loaded with passengers for three hours or longer, the Obama administration said Tuesday, touting the effect of a controversial new consumer-protection rule that threatens stiff fines against airlines for excessive tarmac delays.
The bad news for Chicago was that all three overly tardy flights involved the home-town carrier, United Airlines, at O’Hare International Airport. Get the full story »
United had four extreme tarmac delays in May
Chicago-based United Airlines will put to the test new rules that threaten airlines with fines of up to $27,500 per passenger for planes that idle on an airport’s tarmac for more than three hours.
United operated four of the five flights in the U.S. during May that were delayed on the tarmac beyond the new limit mandated by the U.S. Department of Transportation, including one flight that was delayed for nearly five hours. Get the full story »
