Sentence examples for hold planes from inspiring English sources

Having to hold planes in storage without delivering them consumes extra cash through increased inventory.

Dan Carrico, the union representative for the tower controllers, said its workload could rise, too, if staffing shortages in the Chicago region or elsewhere force the F.A.A. to hold planes on the ground at O'Hare, as is commonly done in thunderstorms.

Across the country, air park homes range from modest cottages with driveway access to dirt runways to 15,000-square-foot mansions with gargantuan garages or hangars that hold planes, cars and other big-boy toys.

Airlines have reported holding planes at gates to wait for passengers to clear security.

Traffic managers at the center have conference calls every two hours with airlines and air traffic offices, discussing thunderstorms and other problems that require rerouting or holding planes on the ground.

Many changes are related to thunderstorms or the threat of such storms, which last summer disrupted air traffic as the F.A.A. held planes on the ground in anticipation of bad weather en route.

They have also copied with some success the variable pricing used so brilliantly by budget airlines to fill seats at times of low demand.American carriers have also altered their schedules, going for rolling waves of connecting flights rather than holding planes on the ground in anticipation of any particular connection.

Hangars like tunnels, bored out of the countryside, held planes, equipment, and men.

Holding planes at the gate for fewer than 5 extra minutes may be a simple way to reduce these emissions, according to a pilot study conducted at Boston Logan International Airport by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology MITT).

So Ream, a 24-year-old defender from St . Louis and his nonplussed new bride, Kristen, were left holding plane tickets and reservations for Bora Bora.

Many reporters, holding plane tickets that give them access to the area, have spent sleepless nights patrolling the long halls of the transit zone, looking for witnesses among the area's janitors, cashiers and flight attendants.