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February 13, 2005
A voluntary agreement among US airlines to limit flights at peak periods into Chicago's O'Hare Airport has been extended by six months, according to Federal officials.
The agreement is designed to help reduce record delays at the airport -- the world's largest as measured in flights per day -- that have slowed aviation nationwide. The flight reduction plan was set to expire on April 30 and will now be extended until the end of October, the US Transportation Department said.
"The voluntary flight reductions have helped ease the pressure on travelers and given all of us some breathing room while we work toward a longer-term solution to the capacity challenges at O'Hare," said Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta.
The reductions fall heaviest on United Airlines and American Airlines, which operate 86 percent of the flights at O'Hare. Airlines with fewer flights also agreed to reduce or change schedules.
Mineta cited recent improvements at O'Hare as the reason behind extending the voluntary scheduling agreement. He noted that since the agreement has been in place, average arrival delay minutes have dropped 21 percent and overall arrival on-time performance has risen by an average of nearly 11 percent.
"Cooperation works," said Federal Aviation Administrator Marion Blakey. "Our goal is to get the passenger there on time and that's what the order supports."
Under the agreement, domestic airlines serving O'Hare would continue to be limited to 88 scheduled arrivals per hour between 7 a.m and 8 p.m. That compares to schedules prior to the agreement that sometimes called for up to 110 arrivals per hour.
(Reuters)
A voluntary agreement among US airlines to limit flights at peak periods into Chicago's O'Hare Airport has been extended by six months, according to Federal officials.
The agreement is designed to help reduce record delays at the airport -- the world's largest as measured in flights per day -- that have slowed aviation nationwide. The flight reduction plan was set to expire on April 30 and will now be extended until the end of October, the US Transportation Department said.
"The voluntary flight reductions have helped ease the pressure on travelers and given all of us some breathing room while we work toward a longer-term solution to the capacity challenges at O'Hare," said Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta.
The reductions fall heaviest on United Airlines and American Airlines, which operate 86 percent of the flights at O'Hare. Airlines with fewer flights also agreed to reduce or change schedules.
Mineta cited recent improvements at O'Hare as the reason behind extending the voluntary scheduling agreement. He noted that since the agreement has been in place, average arrival delay minutes have dropped 21 percent and overall arrival on-time performance has risen by an average of nearly 11 percent.
"Cooperation works," said Federal Aviation Administrator Marion Blakey. "Our goal is to get the passenger there on time and that's what the order supports."
Under the agreement, domestic airlines serving O'Hare would continue to be limited to 88 scheduled arrivals per hour between 7 a.m and 8 p.m. That compares to schedules prior to the agreement that sometimes called for up to 110 arrivals per hour.
(Reuters)
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