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“Southwest Airlines must join our industry peers in complying with the federal government’s COVID-19 vaccination directive,” Southwest CEO Gary Kelly said on Oct. Southwest has not commented on speculation about other possible causes, including opposition to a vaccine mandate the airline announced a week ago following the federal vaccine mandate announced in mid-September by President Joe Biden. “Please contact the airlines for details about current flight schedules.” “Some airlines continue to experience scheduling challenges due to aircraft and crews being out of place,” the statement continued. "Flight delays and cancellations occurred for a few hours Friday afternoon due to widespread severe weather, military training, and limited staffing in one area of the Jacksonville Air Route Traffic Control Center.'' “No FAA air traffic staffing shortages have been reported since Friday,” Steve Kulm, FAA spokesperson, said in a statement. On Sunday, the FAA responded to Southwest's statements blaming air traffic control issues and weather - without naming the airline - and said those issues were limited to Friday afternoon. This content is not available due to your privacy preferences. We will continue to reset our network today and hope to return to close to normal operations as we move into Sunday.'' We are working hard behind the scenes to minimize challenges and fully recover the operation as we take care of displaced crews and customers as quickly as possible. "We experienced significant impact in the Florida airports yesterday (Friday) evening after an FAA-imposed air traffic management program was implemented due to weather and resulted in a large number of cancellations. In a statement Saturday the airline expressed optimism its operations on Sunday would improve, not worsen. The airline blamed the problem on air traffic control issues and weather. This during a busy travel weekend given a federal holiday on Monday.

Southwest's Sunday cancellation are on top of 808 cancellations on Saturday, or nearly one in four flights. Southwest Airlines has canceled more than 1,000 Sunday flights across the country after canceling 800 on Saturday. The Southwest Airlines rebooking line at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on Sunday, Oct. airports with the the heaviest flight cancellations for departures and arrivals Sunday are all big Southwest “hubs,” even if the airline doesn't refer to them as such: Denver, Baltimore, Dallas Love Field, Las Vegas and Chicago Midway. airline by a wide margin.Īmerican Airlines has canceled 63 flights, or 2% of its operation, while Spirit Airlines canceled 32 flights, or 4% of its flights, according to FlightAware.

That's 28% of the the airline's scheduled flights and the highest of any U.S. ET, according to flight tracker FlightAware. Southwest has canceled 1,018 Sunday flights as of 2 p.m. ►'Give us a date': International travelers want to know what 'early November' means for US border reopening ►Come explore with us: Subscribe to our Travel newsletter

Stranded Southwest passengers across the country are struggling with a second day of mass flight cancellations by the nation's largest domestic airline. "Luckily we have relatives here in the city,'' Miller said. She stood in line for 45 minutes and left with a less-than-satisfactory rebooking option: a Tuesday flight. The Pennsylvania woman didn't see the text until she was at the airport, where Southwest representatives directed her to a snaking rebooking line next to the ticker counters. flight from Phoenix to Dallas was canceled. Kathleen Miller was sleeping when the text from Southwest Airlines arrived at 1:18 a.m.