Skift Take
The travel boom this summer doesn't actually mean the travel industry still isn't facing challenges, and here's a look at some factors that have complicated travel for millions of people.
This summer has seen an enormous surge in travel demand with a record 50 million Americans having made plans to travel for the recent Fourth of July weekend.
Summer 2022 was plagued by travel disruptions and this year has had plenty as well. The three major New York City-area airports were hit by a combined more than 2,000 flight cancellations roughly a week before the busy holiday period.
So why is summer travel so difficult? Ask Skift, our artificial intelligence chatbot, provided answers to the question using information that has appeared in our daily news stories, Skift Research reports, and other products — including Airline Weekly, Daily Lodging Report, and Skift Meetings.
Here are those responses as well as more information we found about the factors that have complicated travel for millions this summer.
Air Traffic Control IssuesAsk Skift said:
Particularly in Europe, air traffic control issues have caused delays and cancellations, with insufficient capacity in the airspace leading to these disruptions.
What else you need to know:
The lack of air traffic controllers has been a major problem in the U.S. airline industry in recent years. The chair of a U.S. Senate panel overseeing aviation issues argued in March