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Articles tagged “flight delays”

Airlines

Activist DOT collects $3.6 million for airlines’ consumer-protection violations in 2012

This U.S. Department of Transportation has passed the most consumer-friendly regulations in the history of U.S. aviation, but that doesn't stop airlines from breaking the rules.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 11 years ago

Activist DOT collects $3.6 million for airlines’ consumer-protection violations in 2012

Airlines

US Airways passengers can change flights today without a fee

Waiving fees is a courtesy to flyers and the airline staff that deal with them as thousands of flights continued to be cancelled across the country.

Skift | 11 years ago

US Airways passengers can change flights today without a fee

Airlines

Winter storms cancel holiday flights home

Try tweeting at your airline for a possible shortcut to a customer service representative, or hope for a lighter than expected storm as cancellations and delays will impact flights around the country.

Scott Mayerowitz, Associated Press | 11 years ago

Winter storms cancel holiday flights home

Airlines

GE crowdsources ways to stop flight delays and save airlines money

Flight delays are the result of a such complicated and intertwined series of events that there won’t be an end-all solution, but perhaps a better way for airlines to predict the delays in order to cut their losses.

Skift | 11 years ago

GE crowdsources ways to stop flight delays and save airlines money

Airlines

Infographic: These are the most on-time airports in the U.S. this holiday season

Most passengers head to the airport with dismal expectations, so looking at factors like how many passengers pass through the airport, where they are located, and which airlines fly there can either ease or float travel anxieties.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 11 years ago

Infographic: These are the most on-time airports in the U.S. this holiday season

Airlines

American travelers encounter few delays returning home during the holiday weekend

An uneventful Sunday around the country was welcome by travelers, many of whom left on Wednesday amidst weather delays, labor strikes, and train cancellations.

Phuong Le, Associated Press | 11 years ago

American travelers encounter few delays returning home during the holiday weekend

Airlines

Fog delays over 400 flights in Chicago on one of the busiest travel days of the year

These early morning delays will wreck havoc on tight flight schedules at hubs across the country and leave millions of Americans waiting or rushing for connections.

Associated Press | 11 years ago

Fog delays over 400 flights in Chicago on one of the busiest travel days of the year

Airlines

United Airlines resumes flights after a morning computer glitch halts flights for third time this year

There's still no count on how many total flights were delayed this morning.

Mary Schlangenstein, Victoria Stilwell, Bloomberg | 11 years ago

Airlines

United Airlines’ computer outage strands passengers across the country this morning

It’ll be tough for the airline to blame this on average technology issues as it’s the third instance in six months that United customers have watched other flyers board its more tech savvy competitors.

Samantha Bomkamp, Associated Press | 11 years ago

Airlines

KnowDelay reroutes airline passengers around weather problems 3 days in advance

Is KnowDelay a feature or a standalone company? Officials acknowledge that it is probably a feature, but it looks like a compelling one.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

KnowDelay reroutes airline passengers around weather problems 3 days in advance