Travelers are still facing mass flight cancellations and delays are the industry continues to battle a staffing shortage just ahead of the Fourth of July weekend.
Airlines struggled with bad weather and shortages of workers, especially pilots, leading to widespread cancellations over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, which typically kicks off the summer travel season.
Delays over the long weekend averaged 21%, according to FlightAware spokesperson Kathleen Bangs. Meanwhile, cancellations reached as high as 4.7% on the Friday of that holiday weekend, Bangs added. The website also saw a "streak of delays and even higher cancellations" over Father’s Day and the Juneteenth holiday weekend as well, according to Bangs. On Thursday and Friday of that weekend, cancellations reached 6% and 5%, respectively, she said. 18,000 flights were delayed
from Friday through Sunday, according to FlightAware data. Each day, 23% of all flights were delayed and about 3% were canceled, according to the data. In a few days, over 47 million people are expected to travel for the July 4 weekend. Over 3 million of them are planning to fly.
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