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Hundreds of US flights canceled and delayed in the turmoil of the July 4th trip

Returning home on July 4th is becoming a headache for many travelers. Over 150 US flights have landed and hundreds of flights are delayed.

As of early Monday, at least 168 flights in the US and abroad were canceled, but according to Air Travel Watchdog FlightAware.com, another 883 domestic trips. Is late.

Twelve flights from Newark Liberty International Airport, or 2% of all flights, scuttled and the other nine were delayed. Data show that there were at least five cancellations and another 22 delays at JFK Airport, where thebomb scared the leaflets on Sunday in the midst of a busy holiday weekend.

Newark officialstold the public about the peak period of Sunday travel, hoping that there would be "very many passengers" at some terminals. I warned you.

Worldwide, at least 13,651 flights were delayed and another 1,527 were canceled on Monday. This includes more than 400 flights by China Eastern Airlines and 147 flights by Scandinavian Airlines.

The ongoing travel disruption will occur the day after at least 312 flights to and from the United States are canceled on Sunday and another 4,663 flights are delayed. The majority of cancellations were aggregated in China, Canada and Europe, andFlightAware.com reported.

AAA predicted that at least 42 million Americanswere expected to drive more than 50 miles on holiday weekends, despite historically high gas prices. .. Another 3.5 million airlines planned to fly to deal with overbooking and inadequate staffing, in some cases caused serious delays and cancellations.

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At least 3,765 US flights delayed on Saturday and 612 canceled It has almost tripled. According to FlightAware.com data, an average of 210 ground flights per day.

As of the end of Friday, over 4,900 US flights were delayed and about 500 were canceled.