Sean Duffy Says Flight Cancellations Are At Worst Levels Since Covid Amid Winter Storm, Urges Travelers To Not Choose Airlines That Price-Gouge

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Transport Secretary Sean Duffy has said that the ongoing severe winter storm has caused flight cancellations comparable to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Duffy, in an interview with Fox News on Sunday, said ...

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Duffy added that the DOT was also dealing with \"staffing issues\" as there was a shortage of Air Traffic Controllers, Pilots and Airport staff.\nDuffy also shared that there were more than \"11,000 cancellations\" as well as \"17,000 delays\" due to the Winter storm. When asked about price gouging amid flight cancellations, Duffy implied that there weren't any government mechanisms in place to prevent flight operators from surcharging tickets.\n\"We don't price fix for the airlines, but I think you have to be responsive to consumers,\" Duffy said, adding that travelers should opt for airlines that do not price gouge.\nSeveral airlines, including Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL), JetBlue Airways Corp. (NASDAQ:JBLU), United Airlines (NASDAQ:UAL), and American Airlines Group Inc. (NASDAQ:AAL), have canceled multiple flights as it continues to get cold.\n\"We have 17 states that have shut down lanes so they can plough and salt,\" the Transport Secretary said. He added that the cold has presented challenges for people, as it will remain cold in the Midwest until the end of the week. He also urged people to avoid non-essential travel and stay put. \"We are working overtime\" to ensure the roadways open as \"safely and quickly as possible,\" Duffy said.\nThis isn't the first flurry of cancellations Duffy has had to wrestle with, as the historic 43-day government shutdown last year also caused major staffing shortages, as well as several flight cuts at major airports.\nMeanwhile, Duffy, in a response to the DOT's staffing issues with controllers, touted the agency's collegiate programs as a way to future-proof staff-related woes, adding Sacramento City College as the 10th program to join the Collegiate Training Initiative.\nCheck out more of Benzinga’s Future Of Mobility coverage by following this link.\nPhoto courtesy: Joshua Sukoff / Shutterstock.com","kind":"highlight","is_publish_news":true,"is_publish_highlight":false,"is_publish_live":false,"is_publish_wemedia":null,"editions":null,"column":"","sentiment":"-1","news_tag":"","news_rank":0,"symbols":[],"gpt_button":0,"need_auth":false,"code":"91000000","status":"200"},"commentList":[],"isCommentEnd":true,"newsSizeData":{"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"favoriteSize":0,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false},"APP":{"userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)","isDev":false,"isTTM":true,"tenantId":"TBGLOBAL","deviceId":"web-server-community-laohu8-v3","version":"4.36.2","shortVersion":"4.36.2","platform":"web","vendor":"web","appName":"ttm","isIOS":false,"isAndroid":false,"isTiger":false,"isTHS":false,"isWeiXin":false,"isWeiXinMini":false,"isWeiBo":false,"isQQ":false,"isBaiduSwan":false,"isBaiduBox":false,"isDingTalk":false,"isToutiao":false,"isOnePlus":false,"isHuaWei":false,"isXiaomi":false,"isXiaomiWebView":false,"isOppo":false,"isVivo":false,"isSamsung":false,"isMobile":false},"href":"/m/news/2606295546","isCrawlerRequest":true}