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American stretches flights
American will lengthen flight times to cut delays
American Airlines plans to lengthen its scheduled flight times by five to seven minutes in an effort to reduce delays, a senior official told Bloomberg News. Senior VP-Global Sales David Cush told Bloomberg that the revised flight time strategy will apply to almost all AA flights out of Dallas/Ft. Worth and Chicago O’Hare, its two largest hubs. He said American will begin fight operations earlier in the day and continue the later in the evening to accommodate the longer flight times. The changes should take effect this fall. For the year ending in June 2007, American ranked 13th in on-time arrivals.
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| SFOSkyGuy | Bring back slot controls | 1 | Sep 5 2007, 9:30 AM EDT by ben | |
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The airlines are in a game of chicken with one antoerher, and we, the business travele, suffers because of it. None of them will curtail their schedules, claiming they'll lose business to other airlines that offer more convenient schedules.
Having fouled their own nest -- and ours -- I think the airlines have collectively shown they cannot be trusted to oeprate responsibly. It's time to bring back slot controls -- with an added kick or two. For example, no airline should be allowed to control more than 40% of the slots at any given airport, in order to foster a decent amount of competition (s long fortress hubs, hello better fares and service). Regional aircraft with 69 or less sets should be "charged" two slots, since they carry half (or less) the number of passengers that standard transports like 737s and Airbus 319s/320s, yet take up about the same amount of airspace. Airlines that operate on-time, and perform well -- as measured by DOT consumer comments for things like lost baggage and customer service complaints -- would be rewarded with more slots.
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