U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters Issues New Measure to Collect
Better Delay Data
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Friday, May 16, 2008 - U.S. Secretary of Transportation
Mary E. Peters announced that the Department today issued a final rule to
require airlines to report new and more complete data on the time passengers
spend on the tarmac. She noted that in
the past airlines sometimes did not have to disclose how long aircraft were
delayed after leaving the gate.
The new rule will require airlines
to provide complete on-time and tarmac delay data about flights that may depart
from a gate more than once, flights that are cancelled after having left the
gate and flights that are diverted to another airport.
The rule can be found on the Bureau
of Transportation Statistics’ website at http://www.bts.gov/laws_and_regulations/docs/part234_4cy2008.html.
The new reports are expected to
begin in October.
For more
information about the Secretary's announcements, please visit http://www.fightgridlocknow.gov/aviation/recent.htm
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