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(AP) Beginning in January 2005, the government will allow planes to fly closer together at high altitudes to make more routes available. In announcing the rule change, the Federal Aviation Administration said it will make U.S. high-altitude airspace consistent with that over Europe, Australia, Northern Canada and most of the North Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Caribbean and South American countries will join the United States and Southern Canada in implementing the new flight-separation rules. Planes will be able to fly with at least 1,000 feet between them and planes above or below them when they're between 29,000 and 41,000 feet. Now the distance must be 2,000 feet. 'This rule offers a combination of greater aviation safety, capacity and cost efficiency,' said FAA Administrator Marion Blakey. The narrower separations will improve safety by giving controllers more options when rerouting flights around bad weather...
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