The only thing passengers don't like to face in their journey is Flight delays. More than the price, airlines, and seat class Passengers books their flights depending on the aircraft schedule because everyone has their own emergencies a perfect timed flight will help to make everyone works on time. But, Flight delays are the regular scenarios that we need to deal with almost every day. It is a result of something goes apart from the airlines planning. It isn't airline intension to make their flight delay. Now, let's see the few main reasons that can cause a flight delay.
1) Weather Condition
Weather is uncontrollable and unpredictable but plays a major role in air transportation. A proper suitable weather is required for a pilot to transport his passengers safely to their destinations. Traveling in a stormy, windy, rainy conditions is very risky it may cost the lives of the passengers to make such a risky journey.
Every airport has its own "Meteorological Department" they prepare the weather forecast at their airports. If they expect any bad weather conditions at any time before the aircraft travels out of the airport region or landing at the airport then they can delay, divert the journey or even cancel the flight at any minute before taking off.
Sometimes passengers use to wonder that airlines said their flight is delayed due to bad weather conditions but it looks so pleasant outside. It's not just about the weather at their place. When aircraft is traveling from "A" to "B" they check the weather at "A", "B" and also throughout the route in which the aircraft about to travel. In this situation, passengers won't get any compensation from the airlines.
2) Passengers and Baggage
Here we need to split the passengers into two categories.
i) Direct Pax: Passengers who start their journey at that airport. Ex: DEL - JFK
ii) Transit Pax: Passengers who are already started their journey but changing their flight at this airport to reach their final destination. Ex: DEL - SIN - JFK
Direct pax will mostly be on time even though they are not flight won't wait. But, If Transit Pax's first flight got delayed it indirectly affects the second flight which the transit pax about to board. They land at the last minute and to complete all the boarding processes and to board those Pax and their Baggage it all will take some time and flight gets delayed. If their second flight took off pax will get disappointed and create a scene at the airport because they mostly be traveling with the same airlines who delayed their first flight.
Sometimes passengers will check-in their baggage but they won't board the aircraft in these cases that particular passenger's baggage has to be removed from the aircraft due to security reasons. This can also make a flight delayed because removing a bag from aircraft isn't an easy thing they need to open the baggage compartment and remove the baggage containers and open them in order to find that particular baggage then they need to reload all the remaining baggages back into the aircraft.
3) Technical Issues
Every time before starting the boarding process aircraft will go through certain checks to make sure each and everything in the aircraft is in good condition. If anything or any part of the aircraft found not working properly, about to damage, missing then it has to be replaced or repaired. Until then passengers are not allowed to board their flight. Even if the coffee machine inside the aircraft doesn't work flight won't take-off.
Few kinds of mechanical issues can't be predicted "how much time it's gonna take to repair it? " Mechanics may expect 30 min but it might take 2-3 hrs and sometimes they might expect 2-3 hrs but it might get solved in 15-30mins. In these cases, airlines can't assure you when your flight is gonna fly. This is the most vexatious situation for both employees and passengers. Technical problems is not only about the aircraft sometime airlines server may breakdown and they need to do manual check-in which also considered as a technical issue. In this case, YES airlines provide compensation for pax.
4) ATC (Air Traffic Control)
An increase in air traffic is also a major reason for flight delays. We can absorb around 6-8% of global air traffic growth every year. The latest report is 4.54 Billion in the year 2019. Airports like ATL ( Atlanta Int Apt) dealing with 2,500 flights per day that is one operation for every 34 sec. LHR (London Heathrow Apt) dealing with 1,300 flights per day that is one operation for every 45 sec. With this level of air traffic, it definitely shows impacts on flights. Every single flight should be right on time even a single sec delay of any flight can make every other flight delay for minutes and hours which is impossible to maintain every single flight on time.
5) Unusual Incidents
The airport is a place where we need to expect the unexpected. Due to a huge crowd from different nations, different regions, different religions, and also being an expensive place, airports are the most prioritized targets. Every small suspicion of threats will be taken seriously and all the operations will be canceled immediately until they make sure everything is safe and secured.
Also, the medical emergencies of both passengers and crew can be a reason. While working with huge vehicles, machines, and equipment we cannot expect no accidents. If any of those unusual events happen even the small accident can make a big damage to people or the aircraft.
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