Flights: Airlines Fudge Delay Stats by 66%

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All of those sad numbers you see these days about airlines' on-time arrival percentages and average delays actually don't even begin to describe how long travelers are waiting. In a front page [I]New York Times[/I] piece yesterday, we find out airlines don't even count most of the time you waste after missing connections in their official numbers, from the extra hour it takes to get a new flight to an overnight wait in a hotel.
In fact, researchers at MIT did a study years ago (which they are updating this year) and found that the actual delay time is two-thirds greater than the airlines' specific statistics. Here are some reasons why:
Official statistics mark how long a flight has been delayed, but don't take into account people who miss connections and end up even more delayed or stuck overnight.

If a plane sits on the tarmac for hours and is then canceled, it's not counted as a delay.

Flights diverted to other airports or other cities are not counted in the delayed statistics.

So chin up, flight delays aren't as bad as they say! They're much worse!
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Ugly Airline Math: Planes Late, Fliers Even Later [NYT]
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