New York — Hundreds of thousands of US airline customers were stranded this week as severe weather grounded planes and led to canceled flights. As of noon ET, FlightAware tracking service reported there were nearly 800 flights canceled and another 1,400 delays. Although that’s better than the 2,200 canceled flights in each of the last two days, or the more than 16,000 delayed flights between Monday and Tuesday, it’s hardly a smooth-running operation. Staffing shortageThe US air travel system is unable to recover quickly from widespread weather problems, because it doesn’t have the bodies to deal with the disruptions. Because of its hub at Newark Airport, United has been it hardest with canceled and delayed flights during this current meltdown.

Source: CNN June 28, 2023 18:40 UTC