This weekend around 3,000 flights were cancelled nationwide.
MINNEAPOLIS — Flight cancellations and delays are leading to turbulent days for the airline industry.
Between Friday and Sunday around 3,000 flights were cancelled nationwide.
Thousands more were delayed.
Monday alone Flightaware.com reports nearly 2,300 flights were delayed and 352 were cancelled.
The Biden administration is pushing industry leaders to get ahead of the problems before the 4th of July weekend.
“At the end of the day, they’ve got to deliver. Passengers buy that ticket, expect to get to where they need to go,” President Biden says.
The President is also upping the pressure on oil companies, telling them to do more to bring down fuel costs which have driven ticket prices up.
President Biden says he’s also considering a federal gas tax holiday to provide drivers some relief.
Meanwhile, the TSA says this weekend we saw some of the busiest travel days since the start of the pandemic.
The long holiday weekend with Father’s Day …