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WASHINGTON — There is now a dollar amount to put on the collective rage of U.S. airline passengers over flight delays: $16.7 billion.
That’s the annual cost to fliers when planes don’t run on time, according to researchers who delivered a report Monday to the Federal Aviation Administration detailing the price of domestic flight delays.
According to the report, the total cost to the U.S. economy is $32.9 billion — more than half that amount coming from the wallets of passengers who lose time waiting for their planes to leave or those who must shell out for food and hotel rooms if they are stranded, among other costs.
