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WASHINGTON, July 5 (UPI) -- Understaffed airlines and an overtaxed U.S. air traffic control system are being blamed for a record number of delayed flights, it was reported Thursday.
Only 78 percent of U.S. flights arrived on time in May, the airlines' worst performance for that month since 2004, said new statistics from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
For the first five months of 2007 airlines operated just 74 percent of flights on time, the smallest percentage since the federal government began tracking the industry's performance in 1995, USA Today reported.
The delayed flights can be blamed on understaffed airlines, a high volume of travelers, an overtaxed air traffic control system and unusually bad weather, the DOT said.
A bit of good news, however, is the performance of U.S. airlines gradually improved as winter turned to spring, the DOT said.
The airlines have improved each month since February, when a New York ice storm disrupted the aviation system, causing the on-time arrival rate to sink to 67 percent.
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