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Oh no! Summer air travel sputters again

FRIDAY FORUM: Did we learn anything from last year's colossal errors? Perhaps not.

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Jun 30, 2023
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It's the summer sequel no one wanted.

There’s been a wave of flight cancellations this week, mostly because of the weather. Flight cancellations have been above 5 percent in the week leading up to the Fourth of July holiday weekend and as high as 8 percent on Tuesday, according to FlightAware. (Normal is below 2 percent.)

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