The Los Angeles Post

Daily Archive: July 8, 2022

Health / U.S.A.

Airlines endured a better-than-expected Fourth of July holiday weekend, but staffing shortages and other root causes of flight disruptions continue to loom large over the busy summer travel season. U.S. carriers canceled roughly 1,400 flights between Friday and Monday, according to data from flight analytics firm masFlight. The number is down from Memorial Day weekend and last month’s Juneteenth holiday, when U.S. airlines canceled more than 3,400 flights over four days. The data indicates that Independence Day wasn’t a total meltdown as some predicted.

President Biden signed an executive order...