On-time flights in U.S. move upward
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U.S. airlines’ on-time performance improved in September for the first time this year as delays caused by weather and traffic volume fell, the Transportation Department said.
Nationwide, 82% of flights arrived on time, up from 76% a year earlier. New York’s LaGuardia was the most-congested airport for the second straight month.
Delays in 2007 remain at their worst level since the U.S. began keeping track in 1995, with 73% of flights arriving on time.
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