The Big Insight: Despite Congress allocating $54 billion in payroll support to save U.S. airlines in the depths of the COVID pandemic, air travel in the U.S. is a disaster — and it may not get better anytime soon due to a “perfect storm” of factors related to the pandemic and the war in Ukraine.
Americans are returning to the skies in record numbers after two years of pandemic-related wariness. But the cost of airfare is soaring, and flight delays and cancellations are on the rise. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act includes historic investments in the aviation sector, but further bipartisan action may be needed to cope with the crisis.
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