Southwest said late Monday that in order to prevent last-minute disruptions for passengers, it will continue operating a reduced schedule with roughly one third scheduled flights for the next several days. Southwest said it was fully staffed for the holiday weekend. “And that’s exactly how we ended up where we are today.” “So we’ve been chasing our tails, trying to catch up and get back to normal safely, which is our number one priority as quickly as we could,” he said. Southwest spokesman Jay McVay said at a press conference in Houston that cancellations snowballed as storm systems moved across the country, leaving flight crews and planes out of place. The cancellation rate at Southwest Airlines was 62%, according to FlightAware. Other major airlines, including American, United, Delta and JetBlue, suffered cancellations rates of between none and 2%. On Monday, 36 Southwest flights were canceled. Tuesday and problems are likely to continue at least into Wednesday.Īt Pittsburgh International Airport, more than 35 Southwest flights for Tuesday have been canceled, with another 38 listed as canceled for Wednesday.
More than 2,800 more flights had already been canceled by all airlines operating in the U.S. flights were cancelled Monday, according to the tracking website FlightAware, and 2,900 of those were Southwest’s.
Many airlines were forced to cancel flights due to the weather, but Southwest was the most affected.Ībout 4,000 domestic U.S. Department of Transportation said it will look into flight cancellations by Southwest Airlines that have left travelers stranded at airports across the country amid an intense winter storm that has killed dozens of people.
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