Thanksgiving Travel Nightmare: Thousands of Flights Delayed, Canceled as Pete Buttigieg Pontificates
Thousands of flights across the U.S. have been delayed and canceled ahead of Thanksgiving as Pete Buttigieg brags about his accomplishments.
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.
On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN This Morning,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg reacted to the FAA projecting a 45% increase in flight delays in the New York sector in the summer of 2023 over the summer of 2022 by stating that
Southwest CEO Bob Jordan apologized for the company’s travel issues in a video statement Tuesday evening, saying that the airline is determined to upgrade its systems “for these extreme circumstances so that we never again face what’s happening right now.”
The number of delayed and canceled flights is piling up as a winter storm sweeps the U.S., bringing freezing temperatures to areas as south as Texas and Florida as the country braces for the pre-Christmas blizzard.
Airports from around the world have been delaying and canceling flights due to an ongoing staffing shortage.
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.
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.
Over 70 JetBlue flights out of JFK Airport in New York were canceled or delayed Monday, leaving hundreds stranded, per reports.