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How not to get canceled

Airlines are off to a bad start this summer. Here's how to avoid the chaos

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Christopher Elliott
Jun 05, 2022
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The summer travel season is off to a terrible start.

Domestic airlines canceled more than 2,800 flights on Memorial Day weekend, according to tracking service FlightAware. That's some opening act.

The air carriers blamed the weather, COVID and air traffic. But that's nonsense. Airlines actually failed to plan for a strong recovery in passenger demand. 

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