Flight Delays Persist
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Travel snags are more likely to ramp up ahead of the holiday season as the shutdown drags out. Here’s what to know if you face a delay or cancellation.
In 2024, DTW saw nearly 33 million passengers, a 4.83% increase year-over-year. However, the airport still has not cracked pre-pandemic numbers, which peaked in 2019 at 36,769,279 annual passengers, according to Wayne County Airport Authority data from 2004 to 2024.
Flyers dread seeing two specific words pop up on their phone alerts: flight delayed. In 2024, approximately 236 million U.S. passengers experienced flight delays or cancellations, according to a report from AirHelp.
The most expensive tickets involving Detroit under the fall-themed Spirit Airlines deal are one-way flights to and from Austin, Texas, at $90. Flights to the mitten state are available from airports including those in Tampa, Philadelphia, New Orleans, Charlotte and Nashville.
Travelers at Detroit Metro Airport experience delays, cancellations after heavy rain causes flooding
Multiple inches of rain fell in over an hour at Detroit Metro Airport Monday afternoon, causing over 450 total delays, over 70 cancellations, and impacting the airport's roads. "I mean, we got delayed four and a half hours, had to divert from Pittsburgh ...
Spirit Aviation Holdings Inc. is laying off 103 flight attendants based at Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus as part of a broader cost-cutting effort since the airline filed for bankruptcy protection last month — the second time in a year.
Visitors to the Detroit Metropolitan Airport can now crack open a cold beer and play Xbox, Playstation, PC and retro games as they wait for their flights. Gameway, a company that services gaming lounges to U.S. airports, opened two lounges in Detroit's ...