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APR 14, 2003 (newstodate): In March, the total number of flights handled by the Eurocontrol member states plus Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine was up 4.4 percent, to 683,284.
However, traffic in March 2002 fell by seven percent in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, so despite the growth traffic levels are still slightly below those of March 2001.
Even so, en-route delays caused by ATM continued to be low, at 0.6 minutes compared to 1.1 minutes last year, or 43.1 percent down.
Airport delays, however, were up 86.5 percent from 0.44 to 0.82 minutes per flight.
In March 2002, 8.9 percent of all flights were delayed for some reason. This year the percentage is down by 1.2 percent, to 7.7
However, traffic in March 2002 fell by seven percent in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, so despite the growth traffic levels are still slightly below those of March 2001.
Even so, en-route delays caused by ATM continued to be low, at 0.6 minutes compared to 1.1 minutes last year, or 43.1 percent down.
Airport delays, however, were up 86.5 percent from 0.44 to 0.82 minutes per flight.
In March 2002, 8.9 percent of all flights were delayed for some reason. This year the percentage is down by 1.2 percent, to 7.7