flight cancellations

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced Saturday that a warning system outage could cause flight delays throughout the United States, according to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy.

A Virgin Atlantic flight was canceled just moments before takeoff from Manchester, U.K. last week after a passenger alerted the crew to several bolts missing from one of the plane’s wings.

Thousands of flights across the U.S. have been delayed and canceled ahead of Thanksgiving as Pete Buttigieg brags about his accomplishments.

Storms across the country have canceled 89 flights the day before the Fourth of July holiday. 

Over 1,400 U.S.-related flights have been canceled amid a winter storm sweeping the U.S., according to data from FlightAware.

President Joe Biden’s Transportation Secretary, Pete Buttigieg, has ignored state attorneys general’s repeated requests to protect consumers and hold airlines accountable for canceling flights in the months leading up to the ongoing holiday travel fiasco. 

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg spoke with the CEO of Southwest Airlines, Bob Jordan, amid the ongoing issues and mass cancellations the airline has experienced in the days leading up to Christmas and beyond.

Southwest Airlines continues to struggle in the aftermath of the winter storm and holiday weekend, canceling over 70 percent of its flights on Monday alone.

Thousands of flights are delayed or grounded days before Christmas as a powerful arctic blast rocks the U.S., moving its way to the eastern portion of the country.

Flying home for Christmas? Prepare to be disappointed. Hundreds of flights were grounded early Thursday morning as an arctic blast delivered freezing temperatures, gusty winds, ice, and heavy snow across vast parts of the country.

American Airlines is cutting 31,000 flights in November after slashing two percent of flights in September and October.

China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) launched three-day-long military exercises in the airspace and waters surrounding Taiwan on Thursday, disrupting and canceling flights throughout Asia and threatening to cause further flight cancellations in the coming days, the Korea JoongAng Daily reported, noting that Beijing ordered the PLA drills in response to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei this week.

On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America Reports,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) stated that his constituents are talking to him about higher gas prices, higher food prices, and flight cancellations, “those are the issues” that are “front and

Passengers on a Delta flight to Minnesota claimed the airline offered them $10,000 to vacate their seats, a Thursday report said.

John Fetterman, Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor and current candidate for U.S. Senate, called on President Joe Biden’s administration to fine airlines “up to $27,500 per passenger” for canceled flights. 

More than 1750 domestic or international flights departing from or arriving in the United States were canceled Thursday, causing travel chaos that spilled into Friday with over 1300 cancellations as of late afternoon.

United States airlines, which are “still rebuilding flight crews after the COVID-19 pandemic travel slowdown,” canceled more than 2,500 flights over the Memorial Day weekend.

JetBlue intends to scale back its summer schedule as they are “staffing constrained,” according to reports. The reports follow consecutive weekends of flight cancellations and delays.

Flight delays and cancellations continue to plague the travel industry as over 6,700 flights within, into, or out of the United States were delayed Friday.

Thousands of flights were canceled or delayed over the weekend as travelers were trying to reach their destinations amid spring break travel.

Over 70 JetBlue flights out of JFK Airport in New York were canceled or delayed Monday, leaving hundreds stranded, per reports.

CEOs of the nation’s largest airlines warned in a letter that there could be “catastrophic disruption” to flights when 5G is set to deploy on Wednesday.

Over a thousand U.S. flights were canceled on Monday, adding to the at least 6,000 flights that have been delayed globally since Christmas Eve.

American Airlines continued their days-long trend of canceling flights with another 250 on Monday morning, according to a CNN report.

Southwest Airlines announced cuts to their flight schedule on Thursday after thousands of canceled flights earlier this month reportedly cost them $75 million.

Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg remained silent the Monday after Southwest Airlines unexpectedly canceled over 1,800 flights, choosing instead to focus his message on Indigenous Peoples’ Day.