![]() The 9/11 attacks caused a 7 percent drop in overall travel. Scott Keyes: The amount of turmoil in the airline industry over the past two years is unlike anything we’ve ever seen in travel. This transcript has been edited and condensed.ĭerek Thompson: Scott, what’s happening and why? ![]() In an interview for my podcast Plain English, I spoke with Scott Keyes, the founder of the Scott’s Cheap Flights newsletter, about why air travel has been such a mess this summer. The major carriers JetBlue, American Airlines, and Delta canceled nearly 10 percent of their flights last weekend, creating mayhem at major airports. Around the world, security lines are getting brutally long and cancellations and delays are spiking. The latest victim of acute NWS is air travel. seems to suffer from chronic Nothing Works Syndrome. From the oil markets to the baby-formula markets to the general sense of safety and disorder, the U.S. “The very first symptom of the general collapse was an old one: nothing worked.” The sentiment is old-it comes from Doris Lessing’s 1969 novel, The Four-Gated City-but it’s hard to think of a better epitaph for the economic vibes of 2022.
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