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If You Flew In '07, Chances Are You Left Or Arrived Late

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: February 6, 2008

Flights in the United States were late more than 26 percent of the time last year, a slightly better performance than in 2000, when airlines were tardy 27.4 percent of the time. The federal government began collecting airlines on-time data in 1995.

The industry's poor performance reflects rising passenger demand coupled with congestion in the skies and on tarmacs as the Federal Aviation Administration grapples with a growing number of air traffic controllers nearing retirement age.
President Bush has demanded action to avoid another summer of record delays, but there is little consensus among airlines, airport operators, Congress and the administration on what should be done.

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•The nation's 20 largest carriers reported an on-time arrival rate of 64.3 percent in December.

•Tampa International Airport ranked fourth nationwide in on-time departures in 2007 with 81.2 percent of flights departing within 15 minutes of schedule.

•Customer complaints rose nearly 40 percent to 849 in December.

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