Weather caused 74.26% of system-impacting delays greater than 15 min. from 2017 through 2023, according to the FAA.
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It is nearly 80F in Dallas when Southwest Airlines executives sit down for a post-summer interview—and thoughts are already moving to ice, with their sights set on November and beyond. “It’s Thanksgiving right now in crew planning,” quips Mark Sutcliffe, vice president of crew planning and analytics...
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