Anyone who's been to an airport recently can see that demand for travel is back in a big way. What's not back with a vengeance are the resources needed to handle the crush of air travelers.
Add summer weather to staffing issues at airports and airlines and you have a perfect storm of delays and cancellations.
Air Canada on Tuesday introduced a flexible policy offering fee-free ticket changes targeted specifically at Toronto Pearson "due to longer than usual delays." Seven of the world's top 10 airports for delays this summer, ranked by the percentage of scheduled flights delayed, are in Europe. Airports in Frankfurt, Paris, Amsterdam and London are seeing the most significant delays, according to FlightAware data.
US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg recently told CNN that he's seeing air travel improvements, but he still expects airlines to do better. And during China's Labor Day holiday in May, domestic trips were down by a third from the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
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