Delta Air Lines warned that it expects "operational challenges" over the busy Fourth of July weekend, and is allowing customers to change their travel dates to avoid the havoc.
Atlanta-based Delta is taking the unusual move of issuing a travel waiver for the July 1-4 period on any flights across its entire system, so customers can easily shift their trips to before or after that period and avoid what the carrier calls "potentially challenging weekend travel days."
Delta and other major carriers have struggled to operate this spring and summer amid a surge in travel demand and staffing shortages. The advisory ahead of a major summer travel holiday follows a Memorial Day weekend debacle that angered some passengers and led to Delta's pilots to publish a rare letter empathizing with frustrated customers.
