Reduced Delays & Cancellations at US Airport were reported as FAA Chief stated “We can observe that overall delays are decreasing… The airlines are attempting to maximize the size of their network.”
The interim administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a recent interview that flight delays in the United States are beginning to improve.
“We are keeping an eye on the situation. We’ve seen excellent improvements, “Wednesday, acting FAA administrator Billy Nolen told Reuters the following: “We can observe that overall delays are decreasing… The airlines are attempting to optimize the size of their network.”
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According to statistics from the U.S. Department of Transportation, in May, both on-time performance and the rate of cancellations improved for the 10 largest U.S. airlines. During the month, 2% of all planned domestic flights were canceled, a drop from April when 2.3% were canceled. In addition, airlines recorded an on-time arrival rate of 77.2 percent in May, up from 76 percent in April.
Hawaiian Airlines topped the group with an on-time arrival rate of 86 percent and a cancellation rate of just 0.1 percent (according to Travel & Leisure readers). Delta Air Lines had the greatest percentage of canceled flights, with 2.7% of departures canceled, while Frontier Airlines had the lowest rate of flights arriving on time, at just 64.6%.
A large number of airlines have delayed flights this summer, with some cutting their timetables in advance to prevent more problems. And the difficulties have spread beyond the United States, with London’s Heathrow Airport being compelled to apply a passenger capacity restriction and Air Canada temporarily prohibiting dogs from the cargo hold owing to “longer-than-usual” airport delays.
U.S. airlines have attributed the disruption to difficulties with air traffic control and manpower shortages.
Nolen told Reuters that the FAA was attempting to employ additional air traffic controllers, but that the “vast majority” of the issues “are in no way connected to air traffic (staffing) shortages.”
Nolen said, “We are on target to employ 1,000 controllers this year” after getting over 57,000 applications for 1,500 available jobs.
