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Lowest Numbers of Tarmac Delays on Record in 2014

WASHINGTON – U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced today that in calendar year 2014, airlines reported the lowest number of tarmac delays longer than three hours on record.  According to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Air Travel Consumer Report, in 2014...