The original post: /r/travel by /u/HoldMyNaan on 2024-12-22 14:17:20.

I have always been an avid traveller, and have had occasional flights for work over the last 8 years. I have never had a cancelled flight in my life, or a delayed flight for more than 20-30 minutes, until this year.

Since 2024 kicked in, I have been on around 20-30 flights. Every single one of them (OK, maybe a couple have been OK) has had a delay, and a few have been cancelled.

Today’s flight was cancelled and the next one is this evening, my last flight had me delayed on my first leg, and then the second leg was cancelled (I would have missed it anyway) totalling a 15 hour delay. The one before that, I was delayed 7 hours. It goes on and on.

Have air travel operations deteriorated so significantly over the last year? Is it related to climate events worsening? Or am I just having a terrible streak of luck?