{"id":1963271,"date":"2023-07-03T13:20:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T17:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flight-delays-and-cancellations-persist-into-fourth-of-july-holiday-weekend\/"},"modified":"2023-07-03T13:21:55","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T17:21:55","slug":"flight-delays-and-cancellations-persist-into-fourth-of-july-holiday-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flight-delays-and-cancellations-persist-into-fourth-of-july-holiday-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Flight disruptions continue during Fourth of July weekend."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fflight-delays-and-cancellations-persist-into-fourth-of-july-holiday-weekend%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1963271&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Air Travel Disruptions Continue as Fourth of July Holiday Approaches<\/h2>\n<p>Air travel continues to face disruptions this week due to severe weather as the Fourth of July holiday nears.<\/p>\n<p>As of late Monday morning, nearly 100 flights in the U.S. have been canceled for the day and over 1,000 domestic flights have been delayed, according to travel data provided by FlightAware. From Saturday to Sunday, there were a total of 15,658 flight delays in and out of the U.S. and 905 domestic cancellations.<\/p>\n<h3>The Two Cheapest States to Host a Fourth of July Barbecue<\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/att-verizon-postpone-5g-rollout-near-airports-amid-pressure-from-government-aviation-officials\/\" title=\"AT&#038;T, Verizon Postpone 5G Rollout Near Airports Amid Pressure From Government, Aviation Officials\">flight disruptions<\/a> are primarily due to thunderstorms across the country, everywhere from the Northeast and the mid-Atlantic to the Southeast, according to the Daily Mail. At least 15 states from Arkansas to New Jersey will see the impact of such <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flight-delays-and-cancellations-persist-into-fourth-of-july-holiday-weekend\/\" title=\"Flight disruptions continue during Fourth of July weekend.\">storms involving strong winds<\/a>, flash flooding, and possible tornadoes.<\/p>\n<p>Excessive heat continues to be a persistent problem for over 68 million Americans from the West Coast to the East Coast, ABC News reported. Additionally, poor visibility caused by the Canadian wildfire smoke contributed to much of the airline chaos last week.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg pointed to the severe weather for the recent flight delays and cancellations.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI think most passengers understand that no one can control the weather, but anything that\u2019s under the control of the airlines and anything that we can do on the FAA side, we need to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/citizens-object-to-2020-election\/\" title=\"Citizens Object To 2020 Election\">continue pushing<\/a> to make sure that there\u2019s the smoothest possible experience for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-opens-to-foreign-travelers-with-new-requirements\/\" title=\"U.S. Opens To Foreign Travelers With New Requirements\">air passengers<\/a> everywhere,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Buttigieg drew criticism last week from United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby, who blamed the Federal Aviation Administration for \u201cstaffing issues and their ability to manage traffic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The flight delays and cancellations come as the American Automobile Association predicted last week that the U.S. would see record levels in Fourth of July travel plans. AAA\u2019s projections concluded about 50.7 million Americans would travel more than 50 miles from their homes over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-quietly-issued-another-executive-order-this-one-concerning-the-military\/\" title=\"President Trump Quietly Issued Another Executive Order \u2013 This One Concerning the Military\">holiday weekend<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Of those over 50 million people traveling, 4.17 million were planning to fly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>, severe weather has caused over 300 flight cancellations and more than 2,000 delays in the United States. These disruptions are expected to persist as the holiday approaches, causing inconvenience for travelers during this busy period. FlightAware&#8217;s data highlights the significant impact of severe weather on air travel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1963272,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1963271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1963271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1963271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1963271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1963272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1963271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1963271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1963271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}