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Prez Orders Action to Reduce Flight Delays

Panel will produce plan to cut traffic at Kennedy Airport by end of year

By Colleen Barry, Newser Staff

Posted Sep 28, 2007 8:28 AM CDT

(Newser) – After a summer of nightmarish ordeals for airline passengers, President Bush yesterday ordered his transportation secretary to sit down with the airlines and do something to reduce delays and improve treatment of travelers by next summer. “There’s a lot of anger amongst our... Read full story »

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Panel will produce plan to cut traffic at Kennedy Airport by end of year

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