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Travelers wait in the terminal as an Alaska Airlines plane sits at a gate at Los Angeles International Airport early Wednesday.

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Flight cancellations and delays pile up after an FAA safety system outage

2:44pm January 11, 2023

by Emily Olson

Departures across the U.S. were halted for two hours Wednesday morning after the FAA's system for alerting pilots and airports of real-time hazards went dark, frustrating thousands of travelers.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on April 28 in Washington, DC.

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Politics & Government

Flight cancelled? Pete Buttigieg is telling airlines to step up their game

9:09pm June 17, 2022

by David Schaper

The transportation secretary is one of the many travelers who had their flights cancelled in recent days. His happened the day after he met with airline CEOs about their operational struggles.

Consumer Complaints About Airlines Soar

7:37pm February 18, 2016

by David Schaper

Complaints were up about 30 percent last year over 2014. The most frequent complaints were about flights being delayed or cancelled, and luggage that was lost or damaged.