Thousands of passengers suffered long, on-board aircraft delays triggered by severe weather last winter, causing serious concerns about the airlines contingency planning for such situations. On December 29, 2006, the Dallas-Fort Worth area experienced unseasonably severe weather that generated massive lightning storms and a tornado warning; this caused the airport to shut down operations several times over an 8-hour period. American Airlines (American) diverted over 100 flights, and many passengers on those flights were stranded on board aircraft on the tarmac for as long as 9 hours. The number of diversions on this date was second only to the number reached on September 11, 2001. On February 14, 2007, snow and ice blanketed the northeastern United States. JetBlue Airways (JetBlue) stranded hundreds of passengers aboard its aircraft on the tarmac at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) for as long as 10 and a half hours. At 1 point during that day, JetBlue had 52 aircraft on the ground with only 21 available gates. JetBlue has publicly admitted shortcomings in its systems that were in place at the time for handling such situations.


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    Titel :

    Actions Needed to Minimuze Long, On-Board Flight Delays


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2007


    Format / Umfang :

    55 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch