Summary A very low flight cancellation rate was recorded despite record-high passenger demand and various travel disruptions this Summer. TSA forecasts over 17 million passengers traveling between August 29th and September 4th, as Summer ends. The TSA is making significant investments to make passenger screening smoother while maintaining safety standards.
The United States Department of Transportation has announced that carriers in the country, despite facing record passenger numbers this Summer but also facing significant disruptions during this period, have recorded a very low flight cancellation rate when compared to previous years. With the end of the Summer travel season coming up, airlines across the US are hoping to maintain smooth operations as much as possible. A very low cancellation rate While airports across the United States saw record passenger numbers this Summer, with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screening a record all-time high of 3.
01 million passengers on July 7th, air travel has been booming in the country. However, during this same period, airlines across the US have also faced significant disruptions, despite which the United States Department of Transportation (DoT) has recorded very low cancellation rates. While the data shows the cancellation rate was slightly higher than the 1.
5% recorded last Summer, according to Reuters , it is still a lower cancellation rate compared to other Summers since that of 2017, when the recorded rate .