tarmac

Example Sentences

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"The journey over was fine, it was just the wait before. We were on the tarmac but the winds were too high for us to take off," Howe said.

From Barron's

In our 18th annual ranking, the WSJ looks at how airlines fared when it came to things like customer complaints, tarmac delays, on-time arrivals and lost luggage.

From The Wall Street Journal

After landing at Nuuk airport, Frederiksen was greeted on the tarmac by Nielsen, who gave her a hug.

From BBC

The Dallas-based airline had the fewest customer complaints and tarmac delays, and was second best in on-time arrivals and the rate of canceled flights.

From The Wall Street Journal

Perennial winner Delta was tops in on-time arrivals again but landed in third place overall because of an increase in flight cancellations, tarmac delays and submissions to the Transportation Department.

From The Wall Street Journal