Sentence examples for delay of flights from inspiring English sources

Qatar Airways and other operators have also reported failures with the plane's main electrical panel, which led to the grounding or delay of flights.

The cancellation and delay of flights to the United States from France, Britain and Mexico has also helped to deflate the festive optimism brought on by Saddam Hussein's capture.

In the arena of transport it has previously used directives, which have force of law in all member states, to define air passenger rights in the Passengers Charter for Air Travel: "establishing common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights" [17].

The storm's threat also prompted the cancellation or delay of flights along the coast.

Air France, in its statement, described a series of events before the crash that led to the delay of flight AF4590.

In Paris, aviation officials said the chaos had triggered delays of flights from French airports because aircraft grounded in London would normally have gone on to fly other routes.

Ms. Treacy conceded that while unrelated, the overall delays of flights arriving at and departing from the airport, along with the ground travel problems, were likely to exacerbate travelers' inconvenience as they move in and out of the nation's eighth largest airport.

Car rentals were also hurt by a labor dispute that forced the UAL Corporation's United Airlines to cancel or delay thousands of flights, Mr. Broome said.

Since spring, United has had to cancel or delay scores of flights because of pilot shortages, and Mr. Brathwaite could not say when the continuing problem would be resolved.

PARIS — Europe was slammed by new winter storms on Monday, forcing airlines to cancel or delay thousands of flights and further aggravating travelers after two days of snowy disruption that already had left many airplanes grounded.

After thunderstorms forced Delta to cancel and delay hundreds of flights across the South on Wednesday, crews stepped up and hosted impromptu airplane pizza parties for stranded passengers at a number of airports, spokesperson Michael Thomas confirmed to HuffPost.