Flight cancellations and delays continued across the country on Sunday during an already chaotic July 4 weekend for travelers.
At least 267 flights to, out of, or within the U.S. were canceled as of 3:16 p.m. EST, and nearly 2,300 were delayed, the air travel tracking site FlightAware.com said.
The majority of cancellations and delays were in or out of China, Canada and Europe, according to the site.
London’s Heathrow and Frankfurt reported a total of 494 flight delays, while two popular airports — Toronto’s Pearson and Amsterdam’s Schiphol — combined for 484 delays and 72 cancellations, FlightAware said.
On Wednesday, American Airlines told employees it would suspend all ticket sales for flights from Schiphol, according to travel website The Points Guy.
Tickets are no longer available for American flights from Amsterdam between July 7 and July 31; tickets already purchased will be honored.
The situation at Toronto’s Pearson is so bad that a passenger was recently reported to be waiting for his luggage there – 16 days after arriving.
Holiday weekend flights continued to be delayed or canceled across the country on Sunday.John Nacion/NurPhoto/Shutterstock 267 flights to, outside of or within the US have been reported canceled so far on July 3, 2022.John Nacion/NurPhoto / Shutterstock
New York airports reported relatively quiet in terms of flight delays and cancellations – although a bomb threat forced an evacuation at JFK Airport, where 10% of flights were delayed.
Newark Airport reported only 4% of flight delays and 3% cancellations. At LaGuardia Airport, only six flights were canceled and 38 delayed (8%).
AAA predicts that 3.5 million Americans plan to travel over the holiday weekend.
But airlines are overloaded and understaffed, causing severe delays for passengers.
There were about 2,300 delayed flights in the country so far this afternoon. John Nacion/NurPhoto/Shutterstock Most of the flight cancellations and delays were reported to be in or out of China, Europe and Canada. Photo by Jeenah Moon/Getty Images
There were at least 3,765 U.S. flight delays — including domestic and international — and 612 cancellations Saturday, nearly triple the daily average of 210 canceled flights.
The lack of service rivaled a day earlier, when more than 4,900 flight delays and nearly 500 flight cancellations were reported across the country as of Friday evening.
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