The Phila Inqr reported that official USDOT figures show that US airlines
cancelled 4.6 percent of their flights during the first three months of this
year.  This was mostly due to a viscious winter of continuing storms.

full article at:
http://www.philly.com/philly/business/transportation/20140514_Wi
ter_was_awful_for_air_travel__figures_show.html


The airlines say the rule limiting tarmac delays to three hours causes more
cancellations.  That seems strange.  Three hours is a very long time as it
it.  We do have modern instaneous communication and computers to get the
latest weather data, situation 
at other airports, etc.

Part of the problem in air travel is that the airline industry has been
concentrating flights to maximize seated loads, leaving no spare capacity.  If
a flight is cancelled, there aren't empty seats available on other flights.

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