Flight Disruptions Ease After Outage In Chicago
From the Wall Street Journal
With federal air-traffic controllers from adjacent Midwest facilities taking over management of flights after a key Chicago center was knocked out by a fire, airline traffic appeared to be recovering Sunday following two days of unusually high cancellations and delays.
But it was still slow going as Federal Aviation Administration controllers in other centers are dealing with an increased workload.
Over the weekend, the FAA said it restored traffic at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport to 60% of its normal volume, and 75% at Chicago Midway International Airport. The agency said it "expects a substantial increase in operational capabilities by Monday." O'Hare is the nation's second-busiest airport by passengers.
As of Sunday evening, FlightAware.com reported 896 U.S. cancellations and flight delays numbering more than 3,000. At O'Hare, 28% of departures were scrubbed, or 374 flights, and at Midway 8%, or 26 flights.
On Friday U.S. airline cancellations totaled more than 2,300 and on Saturday, they declined to 950. By comparison, on the previous Sunday before the Chicago center outage, there were nearly 22,000 airline flights in the U.S., operating at 81% on-time, with only 174 cancellations, or 0.8%, FlightStats.com showed.
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From the Wall Street Journal
With federal air-traffic controllers from adjacent Midwest facilities taking over management of flights after a key Chicago center was knocked out by a fire, airline traffic appeared to be recovering Sunday following two days of unusually high cancellations and delays.
But it was still slow going as Federal Aviation Administration controllers in other centers are dealing with an increased workload.
Over the weekend, the FAA said it restored traffic at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport to 60% of its normal volume, and 75% at Chicago Midway International Airport. The agency said it "expects a substantial increase in operational capabilities by Monday." O'Hare is the nation's second-busiest airport by passengers.
As of Sunday evening, FlightAware.com reported 896 U.S. cancellations and flight delays numbering more than 3,000. At O'Hare, 28% of departures were scrubbed, or 374 flights, and at Midway 8%, or 26 flights.
On Friday U.S. airline cancellations totaled more than 2,300 and on Saturday, they declined to 950. By comparison, on the previous Sunday before the Chicago center outage, there were nearly 22,000 airline flights in the U.S., operating at 81% on-time, with only 174 cancellations, or 0.8%, FlightStats.com showed.
Read more in our daily News Update...