You may have seen this story last week about August flight delays, but we're posting it now because we were away and want this space to serve as an on-the- record compendium of the single most aggravating aspect of air travel today. One of the more dismal statistics in the story is from PHL itself: More than 1,600 stranded passengers were helped by the airport's hospitality program in August, a far-higher-than-average number. And this is at a time US Airways continues to trim its PHL flight schedule -- it's down to 417 mainline and Express departures a day, compared with almost 500 in early 2005.
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A delayed report on delays
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"It does not appear that there were more flights this August compared to last August," Philadelphia airport spokeswoman Phyllis VanIstendal said. "Therefore, we assume the delays were weather-related."
Well, I could also assume it might have been due to alien abductions.
How does a airport like PHL let someone like this talk to the press? You (or your bosses) don't know the facts, don't comment Phyllis, just makes you and us look stupid.
And welcome back Tom.
Posted by jimmymack | October 11, 2007 12:58 PM
Posted on October 11, 2007 12:58