Fuel spikes, flight delays and storms threaten US spring break travel

Record 171 million passengers are expected to fly this spring, even as TSA funding lapse risks longer airport lines Spring breakers in the US could see their long-awaited trips to party destinations disrupted by a trifecta of issues: airport security delays, high gas prices, and chaotic weather. The potential for flight delays comes as US airlines expect that they will see a record-shattering spring travel season. Airlines for America, an aviation industry group, said that 171 million passeng...

By Victoria Bekiempis in New York