News Summary

• Flight cancellations last year surged nearly 15% versus 2024, according to TPG's Best Airlines Report.
• Through March, u.s. airlines had canceled roughly 3.4% of all departures.
• If that pace of cancellations continued, 2026 would easily wind up being the worst year for shuttered flights since 2022.
• With summer now upon us, travelers can only hope to avoid the usual waves of pesky summer thunderstorms, which regularly threaten to snarl air traffic at major hubs this time of year.