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International airlines may be asked by the US government to help ease congestion at Chicago's O'Hare airport in the summer of 2005 by adjusting their schedules.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has already
O'Hare has been recording more delays than any other airport so far in 2004 and the FAA is now asking foreign airlines to submit their summer schedules for review. Although cuts have not been mentioned the FAA could ask the airlines to move certain flights to less busy times. The International Air Transport Association said that minimal changes in schedules should not cause any problems but a broader change could affect overseas connections and require a bigger review, reports Reuters.
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