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The airline canceled nearly 700 flights in the United States early Monday as it struggled to keep up with the surge in summer travel demand due to a shortage of staff, from pilots to crew.
According to Flightaware.com, the flight tracking website, the total number of flight cancellations at 6:07 AM in the United States, in the United States, or outside the United States was 669.https://uk.flightaware.com/live/cancelled/today.日曜日に860近くのフライトがキャンセルされました。
Delta, United Airlines Holdings and Republic Air Lines each had more than 100 cancellations, and American Airlines Group canceled 51 flights at the beginning of Monday.
The company did not immediately respond to the request for comment.
In Europe, recent airport roars have been blamed for a shortage of employees due to the large number of workers dismissed in pandemics, flexible labor practices at desert airports and other professions. increase.
Even the US regulatory agency, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), is facing a staff shortage.
Last week, the FAA announced that a Chicago-based airline would temporarily suspend Newark flights after applying for an exemption due to airport construction and air traffic control staffing. Approved by.
Airlines for America, an industry group, said on Friday that the FAA must secure adequate air traffic control personnel to avoid further disruption to summer travel. (Report by Nathan Gomez of Bangalore)
