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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7782

23 August 2000
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/air transport
Delays grow worse - 26.7% of intra-European flights delayed during second quarter 2000

Brussels, 22/08/2000 (Agence Europe) - The delay situation for intra-European departures worsened during the second quarter 2000, one reads in the quarterly punctuality report of the Association of European Airlines (AEA), which accuses air traffic control of being responsible for a large part of these delays (some 70% of all delays, and up to 91.6% for Zurich airport).

In April, 24.5% of flights were over 15 minutes late at departure, in May 27% and in June 28.5%. "The first two of these...

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