Travel trouble with flights, gas prices continues this 4th of July

In the meantime, a brand new disagreement has erupted over excessive fuel costs between the White Home and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

And now, the White Home is firing again.

This vacation weekend, flight points are hitting airports exhausting. The highest three most affected airports are Hartsfield, Jackson in Atlanta, Newark in New Jersey, and JFK in New York.

“My flight bought canceled, however I did not discover out till I bought to the gate,” a buyer stated.

On Friday alone, the Transportation Safety Administration screened practically 2.5 million folks, a file excessive because the begin of the pandemic.

Since then hundreds of flights canceled, and plenty of extra delayed.

“I spent $656 on a ticket. And now I am nonetheless looking for a solution to get residence,” a traveler stated.

Unhealthy climate together with elevated demand for journey and protracted pandemic worker shortages at airways are contributing to the problems nationwide.

“We’re seeing an airline business that’s stretched. And it does not assist that the FAA can be stretched,” stated Henry Harteveldt, Journey Trade Analyst.

Roads are additionally congested this vacation, AAA stated a file 42 million vacationers took to the street.

“As a result of after I checked with the airplane costs, they have been like ridiculous,” a driver stated.

In Washington, Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby fired again at Amazon’s Bezos. He criticized President Biden’s name for oil corporations to decrease costs on the pump. Bezos stated the administration is misdirecting or misunderstanding primary market dynamics.

“He tells precisely what he is considering in phrases that everyone can perceive. So, I feel, we clearly take nice exception of the concept that is one way or the other misdirection,” Kirby stated.

Kirby as an alternative touted Biden’s efforts to decrease fuel costs, together with making an attempt to cap the worth of Russian oil.

The nationwide common fuel worth has dropped to $4.81, down from the record-high $5 a gallon from final month.