Read more airline delays stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/11615/airline-delays.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:10:49 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74414/faa-says-airport-computer-glitch-fixed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFAA officials say failed computers that delayed flights across the country are now working again. The air traffic controllers union says the computer failure involved both of the Federal Aviation Administration's computer centers in Salt Lake City and Atlanta, which handle flight plans for air traffic throughout the country.http://www.newser.com/story/74414/faa-says-airport-computer-glitch-fixed.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 9:56:49 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74402/computer-glitch-causes-nationwide-flight-delays.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA problem with the FAA system that collects airlines' flight plans has caused widespread flight cancellations and delays across the US today. An FAA spokeswoman says she doesn't know how many flights are being affected or when the problem will be resolved, but the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the world's...http://www.newser.com/story/74402/computer-glitch-causes-nationwide-flight-delays.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 8:23:09 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/66715/white-house-probes-minn-plane-stranding.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Obama administration is investigating last weekend’s 9-hour stranding of 47 passengers on a Minnesota airport tarmac, the AP reports. Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood says his department's general counsel is determining whether laws were broken in the case. “While we don't yet have all the facts, this incident as reported...http://www.newser.com/story/66715/white-house-probes-minn-plane-stranding.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 12 Aug 2009 6:43:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66547/47-trapped-on-9-hour-nightmare-flight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf 9 hours on a grounded puddle-jumper with screaming babies and the scent of overly busy toilets wafting through cramped aisles sounds like your idea of a good time, then Continental Airlines had your ticket to paradise. When storms forced a Minneapolis-bound flight to divert to Rochester, Minn., on Friday,...http://www.newser.com/story/66547/47-trapped-on-9-hour-nightmare-flight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 10 Aug 2009 10:24:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/43521/flight-delays-decline-ahead-of-holidays.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhile flights will be packed during the Thanksgiving travel week, travelers can at least look forward to fewer delays, USA Today reports. Delays have plummeted this fall amid troubled airlines’ reduced flight schedules and government measures to reduce New York air traffic. In early September, flights were over 15 minutes...http://www.newser.com/story/43521/flight-delays-decline-ahead-of-holidays.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 24 Nov 2008 10:40:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/37278/sleepy-pilots-want-trimmed-schedules.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAirline pilots are seeing their flying hours approach the federally mandated limit, and many of them have had enough, the Wall Street Journal reports. Safety experts agree that the current regulations, in place since the 1960s, don't reflect current knowledge about the dangers of fatigue. But penny-pinching airlines keep pushing...http://www.newser.com/story/37278/sleepy-pilots-want-trimmed-schedules.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 12 Sep 2008 10:11:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35975/faa-delays-same-problem-no-solutions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA software glitch that left thousands of passengers delayed or stranded at US airports yesterday is becoming a familiar problem with the Federal Aviation Administration, Kevin Kelleher writes in Portfolio . Pretty much the same thing—a cascade of overloaded servers—happened last week, and last year. "With 20-20 hindsight, the...http://www.newser.com/story/35975/faa-delays-same-problem-no-solutions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 27 Aug 2008 20:42:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35885/faa-glitch-causes-widespread-flight-delays.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA computer glitch in an FAA computer system caused flight delays around the country today, the Wall Street Journal reports. The situation appeared to be easing this evening as airports—Atlanta, Chicago, and Boston were hardest hit—got back on track. The snag hit one of two FAA facilities that...http://www.newser.com/story/35885/faa-glitch-causes-widespread-flight-delays.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 26 Aug 2008 16:00:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32429/airport-overnights-take-off-as-hotel-vouchers-vanish.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagStranded passengers are finding ways to settle in for the night at airport terminals as hotel vouchers become a thing of the past in the cash-strapped airline business, the New York Times reports. Frequent fliers advise terminal sleepers to bring something soft to sleep on and to stock up on...http://www.newser.com/story/32429/airport-overnights-take-off-as-hotel-vouchers-vanish.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 15 Jul 2008 3:05:58 CDT