By Tyler Durden
Travel chaos impacted thousands of Americans trying to catch a flight during the Father’s Day and Juneteenth holiday weekend.
Flight tracking website FlightAware shows more than 10,000 flights were delayed or canceled nationwide between Friday and Sunday due to pilot shortages and bad weather, which comes days after top airline executives spoke with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg about how to resolve flight disruptions.
“That is happening to a lot of people, and that is exactly why we are paying close attention here to what can be done and how to make sure that the airlines are delivering,” Buttigieg told The Associated Press in an interview Saturday.
Buttigieg said he could penalize airlines that fail to meet consumer-protection standards.
According to data from the Transport Security Administration, passenger throughput at U.S. security checkpoints at airports topped nearly 2.4 million on Friday, the highest checkpoint volume since the Sunday after Thanksgiving and 100,000 more travelers than the Friday before Memorial Day weekend.
Over 10,000 flights were canceled across the US this weekend. That reflects a state of chaos in the airline industry. Biden w/his mandatory vaccinations or firing caused the airlines to have staff shortages b/c they were forced to furlough or let go of workers in the thousands. pic.twitter.com/x0QuK7OAnK
— By George Ellison (@PushBack123) June 20, 2022
Thanks @Delta I have been up since 6am Sunday and we had to stay at the Atlanta airport since the flight to Little Rock was canceled at 11:30 p.m. By the time we found a new route going through customer service it was 2am, no hotels were available through you. Do better. pic.twitter.com/0ljmBtDGJY
— Nathan Scott THV11 (@NathanScott_wx) June 20, 2022
Delta passengers stranded at Atlanta airport for 24 HOURS after airline canceled and changed flights | Daily Mail Online
What a nightmare! https://t.co/lr0xaMugNA
— ProudBoomer2 (@Proud_Boomer2) June 20, 2022
The combination of reduced flights, pilot shortage, soaring jet fuel costs, and robust flying demand has sent ticket prices sky-high.
Source: ZeroHedge
Image: Pixabay
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