U.S. Government Shutdown Travel Chaos Returns As Airbus Recall Cancels And Delays Thousands Of Thanksgiving Flights

The cancellations and delays during the government shutdown left many passengers scrambling. Flights eventually returned to normal operations as soon as the 43-day shutdown ended. But the travel chaos during the shutdown seems to be happening again after an Airbus A320 recall halted thousands of flights in the U.S. amid the Thanksgiving holiday period.

FlightAware's data , a real-time flight tracking company, shows that Thursday and Friday flight cancellations within, into, or out of the U.S. were recorded with normal figures of between 60 and 100. Came Saturday, November 29, and Sunday, November 30, the cancellations suddenly reached into thousands ; figures that were seen during the government shutdown, when the FAA released an emergency order to reduce flights in the country amid st