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Orbitz Air Travel Update.
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PR Newswire
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September 16, 2001
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Number of Flights Starting to Increase; Cancellations Could Decrease Monday
From Rally Caparas, Orbitz Air-traffic Management Specialist
CHICAGO, Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ --
The U.S. air-traffic control system was back to handling its typical air-traffic volume for a Sunday afternoon.
More than 4,500 flights were aloft as of 4 p.m. EDT. The number of commercial passenger flights, while increasing, was still only about two-thirds that of a normal weekend day. Many flights were diverted planes and emergency relief aircraft.
There's a noted increase in international flights, as many overseas airlines have received permission from the FAA to resume service to ...