The Fourth of July holiday weekend means crowded airports, full planes, and higher-than-normal chances that your flight will be delayed or even canceled.
Delta Air Lines took the unusual step this week of warning travelers that there could be problems over the holiday weekend.
Delta had by far the most canceled flights of any U.S. airline over the Memorial Day holiday stretch, when U.S. carriers scrubbed nearly 2,800 flights, and again last weekend, when it canceled 7% of its flights, according to FlightAware. The FAA has a major facility in Jacksonville, Florida, that handles many flights up and down the East Coast. After a meeting with airline representatives in May, the FAA promised to increase staffing at the center.
“The majority of cancellations and the majority of delays have nothing to do with air traffic control staffing,” Buttigieg told “NBC Nightly News."
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