JetBlue anuncia planes para vuelos directos entre Fort Lauderdale y Caracas
JetBlue anuncia planes para vuelos directos entre Fort Lauderdale y Caracas
Domani: La realtà oltre gli appelli alla paura. Quel filo tra demografia e migrazione
Air transport: JetBlue, by the end of the year connection Fort Lauderdale-Caracas
May 28 19:51 - (Agenzia Nova) - The low-cost U.S. airline JetBlue has announced the intention to launch a connection...
Home - CBSNews.com | Summer air travel could be rough. Here's how travelers can prepare.
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Summer air travel is turning into a headache as rising fares, widespread delays, and massive flight cancellations threaten to ruin travelers’ plans. A U.S. PIRG Education Fund report shows on‑time arrivals in 2025 were the worst since 2014, with one in twelve flights arriving an hour late and more than 100,000 flights canceled—American, Frontier and JetBlue faring the poorest, while Hawaiian, Delta and Southwest kept better schedules. The main drivers are a shortage of air‑traffic controllers, weather disruptions, airlines over‑scheduling beyond airport capacity, and soaring jet‑fuel costs linked to the Iran war, prompting higher fares and route cuts. Some airports, like Chicago O’Hare, have imposed flight reductions, and passenger volumes are expected to rise sharply, with United forecasting 53 million flyers this summer. Travelers should remember that federal law guarantees refunds for canceled flights, consider booking early‑morning departures (6‑8 a.m.) which are 18 % more likely to be on time, and weigh the trade‑off between low‑cost, multi‑stop itineraries and the risk of further disruptions.
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A new report finds that on-time flight arrivals are at their worst level since 2014, with fuel costs and weather adding to summer travel risks.
NBC News Top Stories | Spirit Airlines is dead, but a crowdsourced revival is taking flight online by Dalila Muata
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Spirit Airlines, the low‑cost carrier that filed for bankruptcy and ceased operations in May 2026, is the focus of a viral crowdsourcing effort launched by voice‑actor and content creator Hunter Peterson, who proposed buying the airline by having a fifth of Americans each contribute $45—the price of a typical Spirit flight—to recreate the carrier as a publicly owned “Spirit 2.0” modeled on the Green Bay Packers. Peterson’s campaign has amassed roughly $337 million in pledges from over 370 000 verified supporters, but he is not yet taking cash and is consulting lawyers about the myriad regulatory, financial and logistical obstacles involved in acquiring and running an airline, including SEC registration limits, union contracts, aircraft liens, and the $8 billion debt Spirit left behind. Experts such as finance professor Charles Elson and Columbia Law professor John Coffee Jr. caution that the complexity of airline finance, the need for high‑net‑worth investors, and the legal hurdles of crowdfunded acquisitions make the plan highly speculative—perhaps “like going to Mars”—yet the movement reflects a broader public desire to disrupt the aviation industry, with participants pledging out of a sense of collective ownership and hope that a democratized airline could emerge from the bankruptcy estate.
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