After pushing through storms and some flight cancellations over the Fourth of July weekend, airlines and their passengers face the challenge of navigating through the rest of a busy summer.
Travelers pass through Salt Lake City International Airport Thursday in Salt Lake City.
On Friday, the busiest day of the July Fourth holiday weekend, Delta canceled 117 flights, or 3.9% of scheduled flights according to . On Saturday, it canceled 81 flights, followed by 54 cancellations on Sunday and 41 cancellations on Monday. About half a dozen Delta flights were canceled Tuesday by early afternoon. The airline issued a statement saying it managed “ongoing challenges throughout the holiday weekend.
After Shamika Minisee’s Delta flight from Atlanta last Friday night was canceled and rescheduled multiple times, she said she learned she would have to wait until Sunday for a flight home to Huntsville. Instead, her husband drove several hours to pick her up and take her home on Saturday. Fort Worth, Texas-based American Airlines and Delta have had the most cancellations in the U.S. airline industry in recent weeks, according to data. Over Memorial Day weekend, Delta had more than 250 flight cancellations in one day, or more than 10% of its flights. On some of its worst days in June, American Airlines had more than 300 flight cancellations.
Delta in a statement Tuesday said “we sincerely apologize to our customers for any disruption to their travel plans.” Delta pilots have been working record amounts of overtime to help the airline operate its schedule, according to their union.
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