USA: Flights are delayed or cancelled as holiday travel begins

New York: Passengers across the country faced the possibility of cancelled or delayed flights on Saturday as high demand as airlines and airports dealt with a combination of high demand, bad weather and staffing shortages.

As of Saturday night, about 650 flights in the United States had been cancelled and more than 5,200 domestic and international flights were delayed, according to the flight tracking website.

Flight Aware data showed that the three airports in the United States most affected by cancellations and delays on Saturday were Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and Kennedy Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport in the New York area.

According to the Transportation Security Administration, the number of travellers over the Fourth of July holiday weekend had reached pre-pandemic levels. Travel demand over the same holiday weekend last year had substantially recovered from pandemic lows but was still underneath this year’s levels.

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