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Flight delays are often part of the travel lifestyle deal but this is getting ridiculous

From May 1 to August 1, over 33% of flights from the US to the 50 top Europe airports were at least 15 minutes late, according to data from the airline tracking firm Flight Aware. In 2019, that percentage was just 24%, Flight Aware noted. During the second half of the summer, those numbers are expected to go higher, mainly due to more shortages of air traffic controllers, new labour issues and strikes impacting airlines as well as rising numbers of wildfires in Europe.