WASHINGTON, Aug 29 (Reuters) - U.S. airlines have

canceled 1.6% of all flights this year despite record summer

travel and significant disruptions in July sparked by

cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike ( CRWD ), the Transportation

Department said Thursday.

USDOT said the cancellation rate through Tuesday this year

is slightly above 1.5% cancel rate for 2023 but lower than any

other year since 2017 when it was 1.4%. The Transportation

Security Administration (TSA) said last week that U.S. summer

travel has set a new record and is forecasting record passengers

for the Labor Day travel period that marks the end of the summer

season.