Airline crisis and after

Cancellation of around 5,000 flights in a week’s time in peak season, resulted in widespread chaos, with irate passengers venting their ire on hapless airline staff in impossibly crowded airport terminals, mountains of luggage clogging airports, airfares skyrocketing for flights that were taking off, tariffs of hotels going through the roof ~ leading to disruptions in wedding celebrations, concerts, meetings, conferences, sports events, and the like.