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Airlines' on-time data worst since '95, DOT says.(Chicago Tribune)
WASHINGTON _ More than one of every four airline flights arrived late in 2000--the worst performance for any year since 1995, the U.S. Department of Transportation reported Thursday.
Only 72.6 percent of more than 20,000 daily flights arrived within 15 minutes of their scheduled arrival, according to DOT.
The data was released one week after new Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta warned that passengers aren't likely to see improvements until new runways are added at the largest airports and the Federal Aviation Administration installs an improved air traffic control system.
Surpassing the poor showing for the year, the on-time performance of the nation's air carriers was even worse in December, when winter storms swept the nation's mid-section.
At O'Hare International Airport, for example, considered a key link in the nation's aviation system, only 48 percent of the more than 2,400 daily flights arrived within 15 minutes of their scheduled arrival time. Nationwide, only 62.8 percent of the industry's flights arrived on time_considered by the DOT to be within 15 minutes of their scheduled arrival.
The nation's two largest carriers, United Airlines and American Airlines, cited weather as the single largest factor for the month.
"We had three major storms and 49 inches of snow at O'Hare in December," said United spokesman Joe Hopkins. "That is going to bring down anyone's numbers."
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