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Northwest's On-Time Rate Gets Better.

By Rajiv Vyas, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

May 6--A decrease in flights helped several airlines, including Northwest, improve on-time performance in March, a report released Monday by the U.S. Department of Transportation shows.

Most airlines have been reporting better on-time arrival and departure performance recently because they are flying fewer planes than a year ago. Northwest Airlines and other large carriers recently announced as much as a 12-percent reduction their number of flights. With fewer flights it is easier to

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