Why flights are being cancelled this summer, and what do to when it happens
in airports due to canceled flights, travel experts warned that flyers could see more of the same.
“My son and I returned home and called first thing in the morning after receiving an email that they could not reschedule our flight,” Heftye said. “The first nonstop was Saturday July 1. We booked it. However, it didn’t matter. She died Thursday . We would have had to leave on Wednesday for any chance to say goodbye.”
On Friday, Newark, LaGuardia and Teterboro airports were experiencing flight delays due to thunderstorms and weather conditions,. Newark and JFK had the most flight delays in the nation on Friday morning, according to Flight Aware. Shortages of air traffic controllers is also a factor that United Airlines officials took the FAA to task for. AAirlines also face similar staffing issues.
He cited a 1990s era internal scheduling system used by Southwest that could not automatically assign pilots and flight attendants to new flights after a large number of cancellations during the Christmas holiday. Fixing those issues doesn’t mean the end of canceled flights and delays, but meltdowns would be fewer, Jones said.What recourse do passengers have if their flight is canceled?
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