{"id":3576,"date":"2026-07-16T20:45:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T20:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=3576"},"modified":"2026-07-16T20:45:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T20:45:04","slug":"kalshi-pulls-plug-on-planned-flight-cancellation-contracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=3576","title":{"rendered":"Kalshi pulls plug on planned flight cancellation contracts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Kalshi had planned to begin listing flight cancellation contracts on Wednesday, according to a regulatory, but a spokesperson on Thursday told <em>Fortune<\/em> that the company has opted not to go forward for now.<\/p>\n<p>Kalshi\u2019s proposed contracts applied to airport-wide cancellations, not individual flights, and included detailed rules prohibiting insiders\u2014including TSA agents and airport and union officials\u2014from placing wagers. Nonetheless, skeptics seized on the news to warn that airport workers seeking a payoff might collude to cancel a flight, or that crooks could call in fake threats to shut down air travel.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=3574\">Epstein survivors say Todd Blanche ignored them. Now one Republican senator is making him listen<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Several wags on social media noted that betting on flight delays had formed the plot for an episode of the popular TV comedy series Seinfeld:<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p> pic.twitter.com\/UQGrC2JhF6<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Market Monk (@marketmonkpicks) July 15, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear to what degree the concern over the Kalshi flight contracts was justified given the prohibition of wagers by insiders, and in light of stiff criminal penalties for threats or hoaxes directed at the airport industry.<\/p>\n<p>Frequent travelers, meanwhile, may wish they had the option to use prediction markets as a hedge against flight cancellations, particularly in hubs like Denver and Newark that are notorious for weather-related shutdowns.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=3572\">The cholesterol shot you couldn\u2019t afford is now a pill<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Kalshi spokesperson noted that flight cancellation contracts could also serve as a valuable hedging instrument for conference organizers and others whose business is highly sensitive to flight cancellations. The spokesperson added that FlightAware\u2019s claim the company could not use its data was unfounded since the information is in the public domain.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The flap over Kalshi\u2019s airline contracts is just the latest controversy to engulf the prediction market industry, which proponents regard as a valuable source of market intelligence, but which detractors lambast as forums for mischief and reckless gambling. <\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, news broke that Donald Trump\u2019s longtime teleprompter operator had illegally used Kalshi to bet on which words the President would say in a given speech. In a tweet, the company\u2019s lawyer said Kalshi had detected the suspicious trades and reported them to the Commodities and Futures Trading Commission. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=3571\">Europe\u00a0optimized\u00a0its supply chains for cost. 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