Less is more as FlightStats carrier performance report for September show marked relationship between number of flights and on-time performance improvement

Portland, Or – October 5, 2005 – September was a very turbulent month in the airline industry, both literally and figuratively. Hurricanes, bankruptcy and crippling fuel cost increases have changed the domestic air services landscape. FlightStats, the only worldwide flight performance data resource, today released their September US airline flight performance report.

The news for travelers is mixed as the number of scheduled flights in September (729,047) is down 15% compared to August (860,339), but collective on-time performance (84%) by the 41 operating carriers is up 7% and the average length of delay is down 11%. See the complete report at www.flightstats.com. Suspended flight service to New Orleans represent only .4% of these schedule reductions in September.

The inverse relationship between domestic flight density and on-time performance reveals the degree to which airport infrastructures are stressed. The end of the summer travel season, the reduction of flights to offset high fuel costs and reductions due to bankruptcy reorganizations appear to have relieved congestion throughout the system.

Demonstrably, Delta Airlines reduced their flight operations by nearly 20% (nearly 12,000 flights) in one month and increased their on-time performance by 13%, while reducing their average length of delay by a whopping 28% (to 41 minutes). Northwest Airlines cut operations by 18% and improved their on-time performance by 7% and reduced their average delay by 9% to 49 minutes.
Atlantic Southeast, sold by Delta to SkyWest in early September, showed the greatest performance improvement in a single month on operated flights (from 60% on-time in August to 80% in September with a 20% reduction in average delay length) while only reducing their flight operations by 16%. 87% of Atlantic Southeast’s flights in September were also marketed by Delta as codeshares.

About Conducive Technology
Conducive Technology Corp. is a data services provider focused on delivering innovative information solutions to the travel and logistics industries. The company’s FlightStats product delivers real-time and historical flight performance information that helps customers immediately lower their travel and shipping costs, and improve customer service. FlightStats’ information can deliver tremendous value at each stage of the travel or shipping transaction, by informing supplier and booking decisions, driving status and notification services, and enhancing post-flight performance analysis. Conducive Technology has broad experience in travel, including development of high-volume e-commerce web sites and web infrastructure for several major airlines. The privately held company is based in Portland, Oregon.
More information about FlightStats can be found at www.flightstats.com, information about Conducive is available at www.conducivetech.com.
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