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The number of flight delays has increased as staff has been cut back as a result of the financial woes following the September 11 attacks. [7] Some of the causes of flight delays or cancellation include: Airline glitches. The top cause of flight delays, according to a USA Today analysis. [7] Congestion in air traffic [7]
About 31% of all flights flown by US airlines were flown by regional carriers in 2023, down from 46% in 2014, according to the most recent data from the Regional Airlines Association.
A Qantas Airbus A380 passenger experienced a medical emergency en route from Sydney to Dallas and the flight diverted to Phoenix. This is the first recorded arrival of the A380 superjumbo in Phoenix and the aircraft was required to taxi to a remote stand as the airport did not have a gate capable of handling the oversized Airbus. [124] December ...
As of November 2023, Southwest Airlines has scheduled flights to over 100 destinations [1] in 42 states, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, the newest being Syracuse, New York on November 14, 2021. However, service to the city ended in 2024. The airline has 15 focus cities and operates over 4,000 flights each day. [2]
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In 1989, America West leased four Boeing 747-200s (formerly operated by KLM) and began non-stop 747 flights between Phoenix and Honolulu, Hawaii, and non-stop between Honolulu and Nagoya, Japan. The 747 was the only wide-body aircraft America West used for long-haul flights. The airline also expanded narrow-body jet service to Mexican destinations.
On May 23, 1988, a leased Boeing 727-100 (TI-LRC) operating the route San Jose-Managua-Miami, collided with a fence at the end of the runway in the Juan Santamaria International Airport, crashed at a nearby field next to a highway, and caught fire. The excess of weight in the front part of the airplane was the cause of the accident.
All Nippon Airways announced it would begin service between San Jose and Tokyo in 2012, restoring the link between the two cities that was lost when American Airlines ended service on the route in 2006. The airline used the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, making San Jose one of the first cities in the United States to see scheduled 787 flights. [42]