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Plane Delayed?
 The
Department of Transportation (DOT) issued a final rule to go into effect
June 1, 2003. The rule requires airlines to provide the DOT with more
detailed information on the causes for certain airline delays and cancellations.
Under the new rule, the airlines are obliged to classify the causes for
cancellations and departure and arrival delays of five minutes or more
into several specific categories including:
- air carrier (relating to such issues as loading baggage onto an aircraft,
gate congestion or cleaning a cabin);
- weather;
- national aviation system (relating to airport construction, computer
failure and gate holds);
- security; and
- late-arriving aircraft.
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