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United's flight is on time only 45% of the time, according to FlightStats.com, with an average delay of 34 minutes.
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The average delay for a jetBlue flight that ran late was 65 minutes, according to DOT data for the first 10 months of the year.
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When flights were delayed, the average delay was 55 minutes, down from 57 minutes in 2008, according to FlightStats, a flight-tracking service that collects data from airlines, airports and the Federal Aviation Administration.
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Moreover, the average project delay time for 2007 was 21 months.
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In the year ending December 2010, the provisional figure for average vehicle delay on the slowest 10% of journeys was 3.55 minutes per 10 miles, a fall of 9% since March 2008.
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By the way, a 20-mile stretch of the Cross Bronx Expressway in New York was determined to be the most congested traffic corridor in the U.S., taking 54 minutes to traverse at an average speed of just 13 mph, representing a whopping delay of 41 minutes.
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So far this year, the company has dealt with an average of six ill passengers each month, which typically cause an hour's delay, it said.
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On average, women display a stronger value-orientation, a lower risk preference, a greater willingness to delay gratification, and a preference for thoughtful research-based purchase decisions.
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