Airlines

As of September 30, 1999, the Air Transport Association reported that its member airlines, which provide 95 percent of all U.S. domestic passenger and cargo service, have completed work on 100 percent of their mission-critical systems. Contingency planning work is expected to be complete by late November 1999. Additionally, Boeing and Airbus, two of the major aircraft manufacturers, have conducted Y2K flight tests and concluded that their aircraft do not have flight safety issues related to the Y2K transition. All Federal Aviation Administration systems -- including air traffic control - were certified as being fully Y2K compliant in July 1999.

The FAA has determined that the safety and security of all 565 U.S. airports certificated by FAA for passenger service is not expected to be impacted by the century date change.

As of September 3, 1999, International Air Transport Association (IATA) and its member airlines from around the world had conducted numerous on-site visits and collected data on more than 1,200 airports (including over 90 percent of the top 330 airports outside North America), 175 air traffic service providers, and 100 cargo customs authorities worldwide. At that time, 70 percent of the airports reported that Y2K readiness work had been completed on over 60 percent of all systems, and 326 airports had completed 100 percent of their work.