Americans heading to airports today to travel on the occasion of the national Fourth of July holiday are in for a surprise as airlines have already cancelled hundreds of flights today due to staff shortages.
By midday local time, almost 600 flights had already been cancelled and more than 2,100 others were experiencing delays, according to specialist website flightaware.com.
The situation was even worse the day before: on Friday, 3,060 flights were cancelled and 8,000 delays were recorded.
US airlines are currently employing 15% fewer staff than in the period before the Covid-19 pandemic and are struggling to manage the mass return of passengers to their planes.
Industry companies say they are working to solve the problem by stepping up recruitment campaigns for pilots and other categories of staff and reducing the number of seats available for passengers.
US Transportation Secretary Pete Butitz reminded passengers via Twitter on Saturday that they are entitled to a refund if their flight is cancelled.
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