Anyone who traveled in June could probably guess this: Airline on-time perfornance was poor and airplanes were jammed. The stormy weather was a big part of the delays, but the situation was made worse because most airlines' facilities are stretched so thin, recovering once delays start has become far more challenging. US Airways reported today that in June, it filled the highest percentage of available seats in its history -- 85 percent. Other airlines are reporting similar "load factors." But US Airways flights were on time only 62 percent of the time in June, and almost 3 percent of all its flights were canceled, a much higher percentage than normal.
« Driving on the 4th of July | Main | Airlines gain by cutting back »
June: as rough a month as you suspected
TrackBack
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://blogs.phillynews.com/inquirer/mt-tb-trythis.cgi/2319.
Copyright © 2006-2008 Philadelphia Newspapers L.L.C. All Rights Reserved.
Author
Tom Belden, a former Inquirer business writer, has written about Philadelphia International Airport, airlines, the travel industry, the conventions and meetings business for 25 years. He has traveled to all 50 states and extensively in Europe and Mexico.
Search
About
This page contains a single entry from the blog posted on July 5, 2007 6:01 PM.
The previous post in this blog was Driving on the 4th of July.
The next post in this blog is Airlines gain by cutting back.
Many more can be found on the main index page or by looking through the archives.
Powered by
Movable Type 3.35
Movable Type 3.35
Philly.com discussions are intended to be civil, friendly conversations. Please treat other participants with respect and in a way that you would want to be treated. You are responsible for what you say. And please, stay on topic.
These boards are monitored by Philly.com staff. We reserve the right at all times to remove any information or materials that are unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane, indecent or otherwise objectionable to us in our sole discretion and to disclose any information necessary to satisfy the law, regulation, or government request. Personal attacks, especially on other board participants, are not permitted. We reserve the right to permanently block any user who violates these terms and conditions.