Thousands of flights were delayed and canceled over the July Fourth weekend as travelers swarmed the airports in hopes of visiting friends and relatives over the long weekend.
“The Transportation Security Administration screened 2,490,490 passengers at airport security checkpoints Friday – the most since Feb. 11, 2020, when it screened more than 2.5 million passengers, agency spokesperson Lesa Farbstein tweeted Saturday,” NBC News states. On Friday, according to the flight-tracking program FlightAware, 464 U.S. domestic and international flights were canceled and more than 6,600 were delayed. FlightAware also recalled that this was 28.8 percent of scheduled flights overall.
Furthermore FlightAware stated that on Sunday morning, more than 980 flights within, into or out of the U.S. were either delayed or canceled. The airports with the highest rates of delays and cancellations were noted to be New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and Chicago O’Hare International Airport.
In an interview last month with The Associated Press, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg had stated that he wanted to see how air travel over the July Fourth weekend went before he determines whether he and his team will do anything.
On Saturday Buttigieg wrote on Twitter that passengers can have their money refunded for canceled flights. In a tweet he stated, “Airlines offer miles as compensation for some travel issues, and you can often negotiate on this. That’s between you and the airline. But you are entitled to cash refunds for canceled flights – that’s a requirement that we will continue to enforce.”
Link to article: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/record-july-4th-travel-weekend-thousands-flights-delayed-cancelled-rcna36497
“The Transportation Security Administration screened 2,490,490 passengers at airport security checkpoints Friday – the most since Feb. 11, 2020, when it screened more than 2.5 million passengers, agency spokesperson Lesa Farbstein tweeted Saturday,” NBC News states. On Friday, according to the flight-tracking program FlightAware, 464 U.S. domestic and international flights were canceled and more than 6,600 were delayed. FlightAware also recalled that this was 28.8 percent of scheduled flights overall.
Furthermore FlightAware stated that on Sunday morning, more than 980 flights within, into or out of the U.S. were either delayed or canceled. The airports with the highest rates of delays and cancellations were noted to be New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and Chicago O’Hare International Airport.
In an interview last month with The Associated Press, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg had stated that he wanted to see how air travel over the July Fourth weekend went before he determines whether he and his team will do anything.
On Saturday Buttigieg wrote on Twitter that passengers can have their money refunded for canceled flights. In a tweet he stated, “Airlines offer miles as compensation for some travel issues, and you can often negotiate on this. That’s between you and the airline. But you are entitled to cash refunds for canceled flights – that’s a requirement that we will continue to enforce.”
Link to article: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/record-july-4th-travel-weekend-thousands-flights-delayed-cancelled-rcna36497
