April 29, 2024

AndronETalksNews

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Airlines TRIPLE number of daily cancellations: 1,000 flights across the US are axed today as summer travel chaos intensifies and Pilots Association president calls on FAA to investigate airlines over pilot shortage

Daily Mail UK

The ongoing summer travel chaos seems to only be getting worse, with airlines reporting over 1,000 cancelations across the United States by Wednesday afternoon as pilots continue to complain of fatigue amid staff shortages and increasing demand.

As of 3.45pm EST there were 910 flights within, coming into or leaving the United States that were canceled, and more than 2,454 flights across the country were delayed.

That is more than triple the number of cancelations reported on Tuesday, when the United States only saw 272 cancelations, while the number of delays is more than half of the 4,017 total delays reported on Tuesday.

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