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Hundreds of tickets have been canceled in the United States at the beginning of the “bridge” Memorial Day, one of the busiest weekends of the year, due to bad weather and lack of staff.< /p>
Early on Saturday, more than 300 scheduled flights had been cancelled for this day within the country or with departure or destination in it, according to the FlightAware tracking website.
That figure is added to more than a thousand cancellations on Friday and the 84 that are already expected for Sunday.
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Bad weather in various areas of the country, together with the lack of personnel in some airports and airlines, are considered the main reason for the high number of canceled flights.
On Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration. n (FAA, for its acronym in English) has already warned that many of the country’s largest airports they were suffering limitations in takeoffs and landings due to this lack of personnel and the high volumes of traffic.
The situation occurs despite the fact that several airlines had already They have reduced flights for the summer precisely to avoid difficulties due to not having enough employees to guarantee their usual frequencies.
Memorial Day, which is celebrated next Monday, marks in a way Unofficial start of the summer season in the United Statesand it is traditionally one of the busiest weekends of the year.
This year more than 39 million people are expected to travel, according to estimates by the American Automobile Association (AAA), the largest group of motorists in the country, which owns its own travel agency.
This is an increase of 8.3% compared to 2021
Air travel will increase 25% relative to 2017. n to last year, the second-largest increase since 2010, and the number of travelers who will choose that mode of transport will be 100% higher. of 3 million.
Among the favorite destinations are tourist beach areas such as South Florida, where this year the airports hoped to break passenger records during this “bridge” of the city. .