The phrase "aircraft delay" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to aviation, specifically when discussing delays in flight schedules or operations involving aircraft.
Example: "Due to an aircraft delay, passengers will need to wait an additional hour before boarding."
Alternatives: "flight delay" or "plane delay".
Relatively few involved aircraft delayed on takeoff but, he said, that is where the new federal law will have the biggest impact.
He pointed out that despite a tight 40-minute turnaround time for the aircraft and the need for two separate manual refueling exercises, there had been no aircraft delays.
The runway at Britain's second largest airport was closed for several hours, with incoming flights diverted to alternative airports and departing aircraft delayed as the drama affected the travel plans of thousands of passengers.
The DOT alleged that Southwest failed to offer passengers on 16 aircraft delayed at Chicago's Midway International Airport an opportunity to deplane within three hours of arrival and didn't have sufficient staff available to implement its tarmac delay contingency plan, which is required under federal law.
Meet customers' essential needs during long on-aircraft delays.
Airbus's factories are now so overloaded that any airline ordering an A380 today would have to wait at least six years before receiving the aircraft— a delay that is understandably putting off potential customers.
A compromise was reached after a bitter parliamentary debate in April last year for the Netherlands to buy one test aircraft and delay the decision to purchase operational aircraft until 2012.
The airline also said it would sell some aircraft and delay delivery of others to cut expenses further, but analysts said the picture at Delta was not likely to improve drastically unless it extracted wage cuts from its pilots.
Although the navies blockaded North Korea and launched aircraft to delay the North Korean forces, these efforts alone did not stop the North Korean Army juggernaut on its southern advance.
The GAO report was subsequently disputed in a Defense Sciences Board report in 2003; the Air Force was urged to re-engine the aircraft without delay.
