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Canceled! Airlines scrap record number of flights
AP ^ | Feb 14, 2014

Posted on 02/14/2014 6:46:10 PM PST by george76

The relentless snow and ice storms this winter have led to the highest number of flight cancellations in more than 25 years...

U.S. airlines have canceled more than 75,000 domestic flights since Dec. 1, including more than 14,000 this week. That's 5.5 percent of the 1.37 million flights scheduled during that period.

(Excerpt) Read more at myfoxdc.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; US: Georgia; US: Illinois; US: Massachusetts; US: New York; US: North Carolina; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: agw; airlines; globalwarming; ice; snow; winter

1 posted on 02/14/2014 6:46:10 PM PST by george76
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To: george76

Anyone care to connect the dots from Passenger Bill of Rights to canceled flights?


2 posted on 02/14/2014 7:16:24 PM PST by pacpam (action=consequence and applies in all cases - friend of victory)
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You beat me to it...

They are much quicker on the draw with the cancellations now.


3 posted on 02/14/2014 7:24:11 PM PST by ltc8k6
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To: george76

I blame George Bush.....oops ...I mean - It’s the fault of Global Warming!!


4 posted on 02/14/2014 7:53:23 PM PST by Vineyard
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To: george76

I’m surprised that there was no mention of the “billions of dollars lost” in the economy due to this shut down.


5 posted on 02/14/2014 10:14:29 PM PST by Cowboy Bob (They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
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To: george76

There is a bailout here somewhere.


6 posted on 02/15/2014 6:41:19 AM PST by VRWC For Truth (Roberts has perverted the Constitution)
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