Flight cancellations continue to persist for U.S. airlines since severe disruptions caused by the January COVID-19 surge and even as carriers staff up ahead of what's expected to be a busy summer travel season, according to the latest federal data on air travel.
Airlines canceled 4.5% of their domestic flights in February, according to the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, after canceling 6.3% of their flights in January, during the height of the omicron variant.
That's significantly more cancellations than in February 2020 before the pandemic, when airlines canceled just 1% of their flights. Aside from cancellations, airlines overall have maintained on-time arrival rates of about 75% or higher in the first two months of the year.
