Released: July 05, 2007

Airline delays grew in July

Source: Barbara De Lollis, USA Today

Fresh numbers from the U.S. Department of Transportation underscore the bleakness of 2007 for air travelers.

Just 78% of U.S. flights arrived on time in May, the industry’s worst performance for that month since 2004, DOT statistics released Tuesday say. And for the first five months of this year, airlines operated just 74% of flights on time, the smallest percentage since the government began tracking their performance in 1995.

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