National Airspace System: Observations on American Airlines' 1997 Study of Future Air Traffic Congestion
RCED-99-66R
Published: Jan 29, 1999. Publicly Released: Feb 08, 1999.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the American Airlines' study on air traffic congestion focusing on: (1) providing observations on its findings; and (2) reviewing other studies of air traffic congestion, assessing the limitations of these types of studies, and identifying the next steps in addressing the problem of air traffic congestion.
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