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Passengers wait to check in at the United Airlines terminal at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago ahead of the Fourth of July holiday weekend. U.S. airlines posted their best on-time performance since 2003 for the first five months of this year, with fewer delays and cancellations.

Frank Polich / Bloomberg News / July 2, 2009

Passengers wait to check in at the United Airlines terminal at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago ahead of the Fourth of July holiday weekend. U.S. airlines posted their best on-time performance since 2003 for the first five months of this year, with fewer delays and cancellations.

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