In June, the airline was forced to cancel more than 1,000 flights due to a computer outage as well as issues with a third-party weather data provider.Īlison Fox is a contributing writer for Travel + Leisure. FlightAware Firehose Streaming flight data feed for enterprise integrations with real-time, historical and predictive flight data. AeroAPI Flight data API with on-demand flight status and flight tracking data. View top cancellations by airline or airport. JetBlue, which FlightAware said had canceled nearly 150 flights over Friday and Saturday, did not respond to a request for comment. Real-time cancellation statistics and flight tracker links for cancelled airline flights. American Airlines said it had nothing to report, while Southwest Airlines said things are running smoothly. This isn't the first time Southwest has dealt with widespread cancellations this year. Not all airlines said COVID was disrupting their travel schedules.
Both American Airlines and Spirit Airlines each canceled 2% of their flights on Sunday, CNN reported. While other airlines experienced some issues over the weekend, none were as severe as Southwest. The FAA added: "Some airlines continue to experience scheduling challenges due to aircraft and crews being out of place."Ī representative for Southwest did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Travel + Leisure, but told Reuters, "With fewer frequencies between cities in our current schedule, recovering during operational challenges is more difficult and prolonged." The Federal Aviation Administration said there were no FAA air traffic staffing shortages reported, but tweeted "Flight delays & cancellations occurred for a few hours Friday PM due to widespread severe weather, military training, & limited staffing in one area of the Jacksonville en route center." At one point, the Federal Aviation Administration. The airline told Reuters the cancellations were due to bad weather in Florida, compounded by air traffic control issues in the area. Then on Tuesday, the airline was forced to cancel hundreds more flights and delay more than 1,000 after a technology-related issue grounded planes. Passengers board a Southwest Airlines airplane at Hollywood Burbank Airport in Burbank, California,
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