""grew significantly""
""When you've got the secretary of transportation telling people we don't have controllers, questioning the safety at some level of travel, which has never before happened,""
""I think we're through it and it was transitory,""
""We're looking forward to a strong December, a strong close to the year.""
Refunds grew significantly while bookings slowed amid uncertainty caused by a 43-day air traffic controller shutdown that began Oct. 1. The shutdown produced long delays and historic cancellations at 40 of the busiest U.S. airports as unpaid controllers missed work, citing stress and the need for side jobs. The FAA issued an emergency order requiring airlines to cancel up to 6% of domestic flights, later rolling restrictions back to 3% as conditions improved. More than 10,000 flights were cut between Nov. 7 and Nov. 16. Airports in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Atlanta were heavily affected. The disruption contributed to Delta's loss of about 25 cents per share, but the carrier saw a busy Thanksgiving week and strong year-end bookings and characterized impacts as transitory.
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