Airlines, gov’t trade blame as air travel woes continue

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Monday alone, more than 14,000 flights were canceled nationwide, the fourth highest of the summer.

“Our flight was canceled yesterday. Now we’re back again today. It was canceled this morning and now we’re back again,” passenger Sylvia Ibarra said.

Since the start of this year, United has hired 1,500 new pilots in hopes of alleviating staffing shortages and canceled flights.“All airlines are not created equal,” Kirby said.Last week, the FAA said a shortage of air traffic controllers delayed flights into Newark, JFK and LaGuardia by up to two hours.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg insisted air traffic control issues do not account for many cancellations this summer.

 

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