Review of the National Airspace System
The U.S. General Accountability Office (GAO) has released a report that explores the extent to which flight delays in the U.S. national airspace system have changed since 2007 and the contributing factors to these changes. The report also examines actions by the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) expected to reduce delays in the next two to three years. The report recommends that the FAA develop airport-specific on-time performance targets to better prioritize its actions and demonstrate their benefits.
Along with the report, GAO released an
e-supplement that provides information on airline flight delays from calendar years 2000 through 2009 for the 34 airports identified in the FAA’s Operational Evolution Partnership program and located in the continental United States.
This Summary Last Modified On: 4/22/2011