On the eve of the Day of Independence of the United States, which is celebrated on July 4 and is for hundreds of thousands of Americans an occasion to travel around the country, tourists faced massive crashes. Over the past days, more than 5 thousand flights have been canceled in the United States, which is caused by a number of negative factors – from technical problems and failures to the lack of staff and tropical storm off the coast of South Carolina. Many American airports are full of passengers awaiting compensation flights or opportunities to get to the destination with new flights. On Sunday night, more than 600 flights were canceled throughout the country, writes The New York Times.
The most intense situation has developed in New York airports. John Kennedy and Newark Liberty, as well as at the Dallas Airport (Texas). The largest American air carriers blame the delays and cancellations of bad weather and malfunctions in the operation of the dispatching software, trying to redirect passengers to other dates without additional fees and commissions. In one case, according to the media, an overbucking occurred on the Delta flight from Michigan to Minnesota, and the airline offered $ 10 thousand to those who abandon their place on this flight. According to eyewitnesses, the company had to be released eight seats, four or five people responded to the offer. The Delta leadership was already apologized for massive cancellations and delayed flights. The CEO of the company Ed Bastian wrote on a corporate blog that “we spent many years to become the leader of the industry, so so many failures, delays and indefinite situations are unacceptable to us.”