February on-time rate improves
From Times Wire Services
U.S. airlines’ on-time arrival rate rose in February as carriers experienced fewer glitches within their own operations, the Transportation Department reported.
About 68.6% of flights arrived within 15 minutes of the scheduled time, up from 67.3% in the same month last year.
Delays attributed to the carriers’ operations fell to 7.1% of the total, from 8.2% a year earlier.
The two biggest causes of delays were late-arriving planes, at 9.7%, and national aviation system delays, at 9.4%, the government said.
