Southwest Announces More Flight Cancellations. Federal Scrutiny Attracts Meltdown

Flight cancellations eased, but Southwest’s meltdown continued at the end of the holiday weekend. Southwest Airlines had reduced 70% of its schedule on Monday and stated that it will fly only about a third of its schedule. “for the next several days.” Southwest’s behavior was causing concern according to the Transportation Department “disproportionate and unacceptable rate of cancellations and delays.”

Southwest Airlines Nearly two-thirds of its flights were cancelled Tuesday. The Transportation Department warned that disruptions would continue throughout the week. This was in response to severe winter weather and other airlines recovering from it.

Over the last week, hundreds of U.S.-bound flights were cancelled by airlines as severe winter storms in the United States brought snow, wind, and bitter cold to the country. Despite the fact that weather conditions improved on Christmas Day, Southwest was still disrupting flights.

There are long lines at the Southwest Airlines checkin counters at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, where cancellations and flight delays have left passengers stranded in Phoenix. via Reuters| USA Today Network | via Reuters

More than 2,500 flights were cancelled by Southwest on Tuesday. Southwest announced Monday that it had cut 70% off its schedule and plans to fly approximately a third. “for the next several days” It did this in order to recover its operations. On Monday, Delta had cancelled 9% of its mainline flight while United had cancelled 5%. American cancelled less than 1 percent of its flights due to the closure of Buffalo’s airport following a winter storm.

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