After a tough summer for air travel, what will the fall bring?
CHICAGO — Ellie and Ryan Weseloh feel lucky to have escaped the worst of what the summer brought for air travelers.
They didn’t fully bypass flight cancellations and delays. Air travel nearly wreaked havoc on a large reunion as other family members struggled to get across the country, and some eventually gave up and drove lengthy distances to the gathering, they said. But the Weselohs’ flight made it, and cancellations and delays on the other international and domestic flights the Chicago couple took this summer were kept to a minimum.
Still, they’re rethinking travel to a family wedding this fall. Their concern now is the high price of the hotel and airfare.
The busy summer season was again marked by flyers eager to get out after years of delayed travel, but also by high prices, canceled flights and delays that left passengers sitting in
