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The number of complaints against airlines has skyrocketed over 300% as flights are cancelled during summer travel season

Travelers queue up move through the north security checkpoint in the main terminal of Denver International Airport, Thursday, May 26, 2022, in Denver. David Zalubowski/AP
In April, the US Department of Transportation received 5,079 complaints about airline service.
The number is up 14.8% from complaints received in March, and up 321.5% from pre-pandemic April 2019.
Of the complaints, 62.5% were against US carriers and 27.7% were against foreign air carriers.
Flight delays and cancellations are continuing to plague travelers in the US, and more customers are lodging formal complaints...
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Air travel is a hot mess. There's not much the government can do about it

1 month ago | By Politico

The airline industry may be booming, but flying is arguably worse than ever, with cancellations and delays rampant - and more disruptions predicted for the busy July Fourth weekend.
And there's not much the federal government can do about it.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg recently called airline CEOs to a meeting to talk about how to ease the waves of delays and cancellations that have stranded thousands of passengers this summer - during the Juneteenth-Father's Day weekend, some 3,000 flights were canceled and tens of thousands more delayed. But so far, talking is all that's...
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