June 17, 2026
Airlines cancelled 2,400 flights and delayed 9,600 on Monday, airlines delay just 1,700 on Tuesday
The US aviation system has suffered serious disruptions in recent days as air traffic controller absences soared while they work without pay
"It's only going to get worse... the two weeks before Thanksgiving, you're going to see air travel be reduced to a trickle," the transport secretary says
Boeing last year had agreed to plead guilty to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge after the fatal 737 MAX crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia in 2018 and 2019
