National Airspace System: Observations on American Airlines' 1997 Study of Future211 Air Traffic Congestion

摘要

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) estimated that airline delays caused by211u001eair traffic congestion increased the industry's operating expenses by 211u001eapproximately $2.5 billion per year. That cost is higher today and is expected to 211u001egrow with increasing congestion in the air traffic system. In a 1997 study 211u001eentitled Free Flight: Preserving Airline Opportunity, American Airlines concluded 211u001ethat by 2005 airline flight delays would negatively affect airlines' ability to 211u001eoperate their flight schedules and 2014 these delays could become even more 211u001esevere. Others, such as the National Civil Aviation Review Commission, have also 211u001econcluded that delays are likely to grow at an ever-increasing rate, producing 211u001eadditional negative effects on the National Airspace System and on the nation's 211u001eeconomy as a whole.