Thousands More Flights Were Canceled Or Delayed

At least 267 flights to, from or within the US had been canceled as of 3:16 p.m. EST and nearly 2,300 were delayed, the air travel tracking website FlightAware.com reported. Most of the cancellations and delays were in or out of China, Canada and Europe, according to the website. London’s Heathrow and Frankfurt had a combined 494 flight delays, while two notorious airports — Toronto’s Pearson and Amsterdam’s Schiphol — combined for 484 delays and 72 cancellations, FlightAware reported. American Airlines told its employees on Wednesday that it will stop 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 7th and July 31st. tickets already purchased will be honored. The situation at Toronto’s Pearson is so bad that a traveler was recently reported to be waiting for his luggage there — 16 days after arriving. Weekend flights continue to be delayed or canceled across the country on Sunday. John Nacion/NurPhoto/Shutterstock 267 flights to, from or within the US have been reported canceled so far on July 3, 2022. John Nacion/NurPhoto/Shutterstock New York’s airports reported relative quiet in terms of delays and cancellations – although a bomb scare forced the evacuation of JFK Airport, where 10% of flights were delayed. Newark Airport reported just 4% of flight delays and 3% of cancellations. At LaGuardia Airport, just six flights were canceled and 38 delayed (8%). AAA has predicted that 3.5 million Americans plan to travel over the holiday weekend. However, airlines are overbooked and understaffed, causing severe delays for travelers.
There have been about 2,300 delayed flights across 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 delays to US flights – including domestic and international flights – and 612 cancellations on 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 cancellations were reported domestically as of Friday night.