On the record 4th of July travel weekend, thousands of flights were delayed and canceled

On the same day, 464 US domestic and international flights were canceled and more than 6,600 flights were delayed. According to Flight Tracker FlightAwarewhich indicates that those accounted for 28.8% of the overall scheduled flights.

More than 930 flights within, within or outside the United States were postponed Sunday morning, and more than 200 were cancelled, According to FlightAware. New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and Chicago O’Hare International Airport had the highest rates of delays and cancellations.

Fifty-three flights within, within or outside the United States have already been canceled for July 4 as of Sunday morning, according to FlightAware.

Sunday’s cancellations followed the postponement of 5,893 flights on Saturday and the cancellation of 655 flights within, to or outside the United States.

Cancellations and delays for flights on the Fourth of July weekend also follow Weekend Juneteenth and Father’s Daywhich included the busiest day of air travel in the year prior to July 1 and saw more than 3,300 flights canceled from Friday to Monday, and Memorial Day weekend, when about 2,700 flights were cancelled.

Cancellations escalate in the wake of staff shortages, and The shortage of pilots in particularThis prompted some airlines to preemptively cut thousands of flights for the summer season.

Airlines CEOs have Blame The FAA is understaffed for flight cancellations and delays, but in an official statement the FAA disputed that claim.

In an interview last month with the Associated Press, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said he wanted to wait and see how air travel went over the Fourth of July weekend and the rest of the summer before deciding whether his department would take enforcement action against the airlines.

Saturday, Buttigieg chirp on how travelers can claim refunds for canceled flights, noting in a thread that his connecting flight was canceled Friday night and he demanded a refund of $112.