Understandably, more concern has been expressed about air safety. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, all its systems are fully Y2K-compliant and all federally regulated airports have reported meeting government Y2K safety requirements. Many airlines traditionally reduce their schedules on New Year's Eve because there isn't much demand for travel. But this year, a lack of interest in flying has prompted Northwest to cut its schedule by an additional 10 percent. At Delta Air Lines, spokesman John Kennedy said the turn of the century will turn out to be much ado about nothing.
Nothing is different.
Kennedy said Delta's schedule will probably be cut by about 18 percent. But he noted the airline always eliminates flights on New Year's Eve. United Airlines is taking a similar approach. We've been working on the Y2K issue for years and we're quite confident there will be no glitches. But he said low customer demand has prompted United to trim flights by 27 percent on Dec. 31, and 15 percent on Jan. 1.