As airlines reached numbers similar to those of the pre-pandemic era, this 4th of July weekend had resulted in thousands of flight delays and cancellations.
The Transportation Security Administration has screened 2,490,490 people at security checkpoints by Friday, which is the most since February of 2020 when they screened 2.5 million.
However, 464 US flights, domestic and international, were canceled; more than 6,600 were delayed. Also, approximately 29% of the flights were scheduled.
On Sunday morning, there were already 930 delayed flights and 200 canceled. New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, and Chicago O’Hare International Airport had the highest delay and cancellation rates.
53 flights that were scheduled for Sunday were canceled. These cancellations follow those of Juneteenth and Father’s Day weekend, which were the busiest traveling days thus far in 2022 before Independence Day. Memorial Day weekend also had 2,700 cancellations.
Pilot shortages are the main cause of delays and cancellations. As a result, it has led “some airlines to pre-emptively cut thousands of flights for the summer season.” Airline executives have blamed the Federal Aviation Association, which the FAA claims are false. In an interview with The Associated Press, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said he wanted to see how well air travel would do during the 4th of July and the rest of the summer before he makes any enforcement actions against airlines.
FlightAware spokeswoman Kathleen Bangs expects these statistics to neutralize as airlines hire more pilots and other workers in preparation for the fall season.
The Transportation Security Administration has screened 2,490,490 people at security checkpoints by Friday, which is the most since February of 2020 when they screened 2.5 million.
However, 464 US flights, domestic and international, were canceled; more than 6,600 were delayed. Also, approximately 29% of the flights were scheduled.
On Sunday morning, there were already 930 delayed flights and 200 canceled. New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, and Chicago O’Hare International Airport had the highest delay and cancellation rates.
53 flights that were scheduled for Sunday were canceled. These cancellations follow those of Juneteenth and Father’s Day weekend, which were the busiest traveling days thus far in 2022 before Independence Day. Memorial Day weekend also had 2,700 cancellations.
Pilot shortages are the main cause of delays and cancellations. As a result, it has led “some airlines to pre-emptively cut thousands of flights for the summer season.” Airline executives have blamed the Federal Aviation Association, which the FAA claims are false. In an interview with The Associated Press, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said he wanted to see how well air travel would do during the 4th of July and the rest of the summer before he makes any enforcement actions against airlines.
FlightAware spokeswoman Kathleen Bangs expects these statistics to neutralize as airlines hire more pilots and other workers in preparation for the fall season.
