The head of the airline trade group's advice for passengers: 'Pray for good weather.'
John Heimlich, chief economist for the aviation trade group Airlines for America, said that commercial carriers are planning to add about 2 percent more seats for the summer travel season while cutting dozens of flights per day, particularly in the New York City area.
So far this year, airlines have canceled only about 1.5 percent of flights, and 77.1 percent of flights have arrived on time, which the DOT defines as within 15 minutes of the posted arrival time, said Heimlich. Operating on margins that thin means it doesn’t take much for shortfalls to affect a control tower. For instance, the FAA confirmed that a spike of sick air traffic controllers at Denver International Airport spurred two days of flight delays this week. Though the delays were relatively minimal, they’re emblematic of the lack of slack in the system.
“We have to make sure that all these upgrades to safety can be funded,” Homendy said at a summit her board held recently on near misses. “We are quick to point at FAA when something goes wrong but then we don’t follow up with why. Is it because they didn’t have sufficient resources?” President Joe Biden’s original nominee for the job, Denver airport CEO and longtime transit executive Phil Washington,after facing tepid Democratic support and fierce attacks from Republicans who accused him of lacking significant aviation experience.
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