Airlines that have stumbled badly over the last two holidays face their biggest test yet of whether they can handle big crowds when July Fourth travelers mob the nation’s airports this weekend.
People wait in a TSA line at the John F. Kennedy International Airport on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, in New York.
Americans are driving a bit less. Gas demand last week was down about 3% from the same week last June, according to government figures. In a Quinnipiac University poll in June, 40% of those surveyed said gas prices have caused them to change their summer vacation plans. A JetBlue airplane lands at John F. Kennedy International Airport ahead of the Fourth of July holiday weekend on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, in New York.
Delta Air Lines took the unusual step this week of warning travelers that there could be problems over the holiday weekend. “This year versus previous years, the biggest issue has been air traffic control,” said Barry Biffle, the CEO of Frontier Airlines. “We’ve made a lot of steps to avoid the Jacksonville center in our scheduling, and we have reduced some flying to accommodate that.”
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