Category: flight delays

Buttigieg Responds After Hundreds of Flight Cancelations Reported Over July 4 Weekend

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg informed travelers about how to get refunds amid hundreds of cancelations and thousands of delays in flights across the United States ahead of July 4. According to airline tracking service FlightAware.com, as of Saturday, over 3,700 flights were delayed in the United States, including those in and out of the country. There…


Buttigieg Tells Travelers How to Get Refunds After Hundreds of Flight Delays, Cancelations in July 4 Rush

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Saturday informed travelers about how to get refunds amid hundreds of cancelations and thousands of delays in flights across the United States ahead of July 4. According to airline tracking service FlightAware.com, as of late Saturday, over 3,700 flights were delayed in the United States, including those in and out of…


Air Canada to Cut Flights This Summer Citing ‘Unprecedented Strains’ on Travel Operations

Air Canada is cancelling more than 15 percent of its daily flights this summer as the industry struggles with “unprecedented and unforeseen strains” on its operations amid an overwhelming travel resurgence. The move will see the airline cutting 77 round trips (or 154 flights) on average per day in the months of July and August….


Air Canada to Cut Flights This Summer Due to ‘Unprecedented Strains’ on Travel Operations

Air Canada is cancelling more than 15 percent of its daily flights this summer as the industry struggles with “unprecedented and unforeseen strains” on its operations amid an overwhelming travel resurgence. The move will see the airline cutting 77 round trips (or 154 flights) on average per day in the months of July and August….


The Air Travel Mess

Cole Porter, in a different universe, might have written a song, “Another agony, another trip,” with lines something like these: Four weeks and you think it’s a curse; Three weeks and it couldn’t be worse; One week, will it ever be right? And all of a sudden, it’s time for your flight. Those hypothetical other-universe…


Travellers Strained as Sunwing Airlines Struggles With ‘Network-Wide System Issue’

Some travellers flying with Canada’s Sunwing Airlines are left stranded as the company struggles with a technical issue that affects check-in and boarding. The company said in a statement on Twitter on April 18 that its systems provider is experiencing a “network-wide system issue” that has impacted check-in and boarding and has resulted in ongoing delays for…


Flights Delayed as Sunwing Airlines Struggles With ‘Network-Wide System Issue’

Some travellers flying with Canada’s Sunwing Airlines are left stranded as the company struggles with a technical issue that affects check-in and boarding. The company said in a statement on Twitter on April 18 that its systems provider is experiencing a “network-wide system issue” that has impacted check-in and boarding and has resulted in ongoing delays for…


3,000 United Employees Sick With COVID-19, Flights Rescheduled

United Airlines is canceling near-term flights amid a surge in COVID-19 infection cases resulting in almost 3,000 employees calling in sick as a recent memo from the CEO upheld the company’s stance on vaccine mandates. “In addition to impacting our operation and our customers, I also know that Omicron has affected the personal well-being of…


Thousands More Flights Canceled, Delayed on New Year’s Day Across US

Air travelers, the new year picked up where the old one left off—with lots of frustration. By late Saturday afternoon on the East Coast, more than 2,600 U.S. flights and nearly 4,600 worldwide had been canceled, according to tracking service FlightAware. That is the highest single-day U.S. toll yet since just before Christmas, when airlines…