Travelers are returning to airports in record pre-pandemic numbers this July Fourth
holiday weekend but continue to face thousands of flight delays and cancellations.
The Transportation Security Administration screened
2,490,490 passengers at airport security checkpoints on Friday
— the most since Feb. 11, 2020, when it screened more than
2.5 million passengers, agency spokesperson Lisa Farbstein
tweeted Saturday.
On the same day, 6,600 flights were delayed, according to the
flight tracker FlightAware, which noted that they represented
28.8% of scheduled flights overall. More than 930 domestic
and international flights were delayed Sunday morning, and
more than 200 were canceled, according to FlightAware.
New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, Hartsfield
Jackson Atlanta International Airport and Chicago O’Hare
International Airport had the highest rates of delays and
cancellations.
As of Sunday, fifty-three flights within, into, or out of the U.S.
had already been canceled for the Fourth of July as of
Sunday’s cancellations followed Saturday’s 5,893 delays and
655 cancellations The July Fourth weekend flight cancellations
and delays also follow those which occurred on Juneteenth and
Father’s Day weekend.
Airline executives have blamed understaffing at the Federal
Aviation Administration for flight cancellations and delays.
Kathleen Bangs had sad to hire more pilots and reduce their
schedules.
holiday weekend but continue to face thousands of flight delays and cancellations.
The Transportation Security Administration screened
2,490,490 passengers at airport security checkpoints on Friday
— the most since Feb. 11, 2020, when it screened more than
2.5 million passengers, agency spokesperson Lisa Farbstein
tweeted Saturday.
On the same day, 6,600 flights were delayed, according to the
flight tracker FlightAware, which noted that they represented
28.8% of scheduled flights overall. More than 930 domestic
and international flights were delayed Sunday morning, and
more than 200 were canceled, according to FlightAware.
New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, Hartsfield
Jackson Atlanta International Airport and Chicago O’Hare
International Airport had the highest rates of delays and
cancellations.
As of Sunday, fifty-three flights within, into, or out of the U.S.
had already been canceled for the Fourth of July as of
Sunday’s cancellations followed Saturday’s 5,893 delays and
655 cancellations The July Fourth weekend flight cancellations
and delays also follow those which occurred on Juneteenth and
Father’s Day weekend.
Airline executives have blamed understaffing at the Federal
Aviation Administration for flight cancellations and delays.
Kathleen Bangs had sad to hire more pilots and reduce their
schedules.
