Four months before Southwest stranded tens of thousands of passengers at airports over the holiday, state attorneys general the nation over warned Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg about airline delays. New York attorney general Letitia James first wrote to the Transportation secretary on August 2 about an 'escalating pattern of airlines delaying and canceling flights,' noting that during the first half of 2022 33 percent more flights had been canceled than during a comparable period in pre-pandemic 2019. In July, had delayed 29 percent of its flights.
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