U.S. airline delays worsened in May for 5th month
4 July 2007U.S. airline delays worsened in May for a fifth straight month, and the passenger-complaint rate surged 45 percent, the Transportation Department said.
Only 77.9 percent of May flights arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, down from 78.3 percent in the same month in 2006, the agency said today on its Web site. The complaint rate jumped to 1.13 per 100,000 passengers, compared with 0.78 last year.
source: Bloomberg.com
