Almost paradise? Travel experts warn vacation goers should prepare for airline delays this summer

Airways canceled far more than 2,000 flights Thursday ahead of Father’s Day weekend.

John F. Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark airports had been at the top rated of FlightAware’s distress map for most cancellations and delays.

Emily Goldrick, of North Babylon, states her brother still left from JFK Friday for Florida and got delayed.

“I feel he experienced like a 7 a.m. flight and it was delayed 3 several hours,” Goldrick says. “He experienced to get to SeaWorld.”

The cancellations came as Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg held a digital meeting with airline officers, pushing them to look at whether or not they can handle the schedules that they are publishing.

“Ideally, the airlines were place on observe by the Section of Transportation that if you are not able to staff the flight that you preemptively terminate it,” Matthew says.

Travel specialists say there is no way to wholly stay away from delays or cancellations but using early flights out of congested airport can prevent some difficulties due to the fact difficulties generally come about later on in the working day.

They also advise air tourists to monitor airline communications, get to the airport early and contemplate paying for vacation insurance coverage to help deal with any attainable costs.